Noun

Singular custom

Plural customs

custom (plural customs)

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. Alfred Tennyson.
   • A custom More honored in the breach than the observance. Shakespeare

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. - Joseph Addison.
3. (law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription.
   • Usage is a fact. Custom is a law. There can be no custom without usage, though there may be usage without custom. Wharton.
4. (obsolete) Familiar acquaintance; familiarity.
   • Age can not wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety. Shakespeare
5. 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.
6. (plurale tantum) Duties or tolls imposed by law on commodities, imported or exported.

Synonyms

• fashion
• habit

• practice
• usage

Derived terms

• custom made

Custom may refer to:

• Custom (law) or customary law, laws and regulations established by common practice
• Custom (guitar), a model of guitar made by Fender
• Custom (musician), stage name for New York based musician Duane Lavold
• Customs, a tariff on imported or exported goods
• Customs (TV series), an Irish television series that focuses on the daily lives of customs officers
• Customization, anything made or modified to personal taste
• Custom car
• Kimber Custom, a type of pistol
• Norm (sociology), a rule that is socially enforced
• Convention (norm), a set of agreed, stipulated or generally accepted rules, norms, standards or criteria, often taking the form of a custom
• Traditional ways and cultural values passed down through the centuries.
• Patronage, as in I'll take my custom (i.e. "business") elsewhere!