Custom /(kŭs"tŭm)/

Cus·tom

Custom

n.
  1. Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.
    And teach customs which are not lawful.
    — Acts xvi. 21.
    Moved beyond his custom, Gama said.
    A custom More honored in the breach than the observance.
  2. Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support.
    Let him have your custom, but not your votes.
  3. Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription. (Law)
  4. Familiar aquaintance; familiarity. [Obs.]
    Age can not wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety.

Phrases & Compounds
Custom of merchants
a system or code of customs by which affairs of commerce are regulated.
General customs
those which extend over a state or kingdom.
Particular customs
those which are limited to a city or district; as, the customs of London.

Custom

v. t.
  1. To make familiar; to accustom. [Obs.]
  2. To supply with customers. [Obs.]

Custom

v. i.
  1. To have a custom. [Obs.]
    On a bridge he custometh to fight.

Custom

n.
  1. The customary toll, tax, or tribute.
    Render, therefore, to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom.
    — Rom. xiii. 7.
  2. Duties or tolls imposed by law on commodities, imported or exported.

Custom

v. t.
  1. To pay the customs of. [Obs.]