custom

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Synonyms: custos, custo, kustom

Antonyms: custos, custo, kustom

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. Frequent [[repetition]] of the same [[behavior]]; way of behavior common to many; [[ordinary]] manner; [[habitual]] [[practice]]; method of doing, living or behaving.
2. {{label|en|dated|outside|UK}} [[habitual|Habitual]] buying of goods from one same vendor.
3. {{lb|en|legal}} Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent. Compare {{m|en|prescription}}.
4. Traditional [[belief]]s or [[ritual]]s.
5. A [[#Adjective|custom]] (made-to-order) piece of [[art]], etc.
6. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Familiar acquaintance; familiarity.
7. {{lb|en|archaic|uncountable}} [[toll|Toll]], [[tax]], or [[tribute]].

Adjective

1. Made or done in a way adjusted to fit the needs of a particular person or group (e.g., [[customer]], health care [[patient#English:_person or animal that receives health care|patient]], [[do-it-yourselfer]]), and thus [[specialized]] and, in some cases, [[unique]].
2. Own, personal, not standard or premade.
3. {{lb|en|especially|agriculture}} Done on a for-[[hire]] basis, as contrasted with being done only for oneself.
4. {{lb|en|archaic}} [[accustomed|Accustomed]]; [[usual]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[make#Noun|make]] [[familiar#Adjective|familiar]]; to [[accustom]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[supply#Verb|supply]] with [[customer]]s.
3. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[pay#Verb|pay]] the [[customs]] of.
4. {{lb|en|intransitive|obsolete}} To have a [[custom#Noun|custom]].

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