noun, adjective
noun-see also CUSTOMS
1 [C,U] ~ (of doing sth) an accepted way of behaving or of doing things in a society or a community:
an old / ancient custom * the custom of giving presents at Christmas * It's a local custom. * It is the custom in that country for women to marry young.
2 [sing.] (formal or literary) the way a person always behaves; a habit or practice:
It was her custom to rise early. * As was his custom, he knocked three times.
3 [U] (BrE, formal) (also business AmE, BrE) the fact of a person or people buying goods or services at a shop/store or business:
Thank you for your custom. Please call again. * We've lost a lot of custom since prices went up.
adjective [onlybeforenoun] (especially AmE) = CUSTOM-BUILT, CUSTOM-MADE:
a custom motorcycle
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for custom is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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