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The duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, in-plural, uncountable
Examples
Customs of £200 were due on all the wine we took back from France.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The government department or agency that is authorised to collect the taxes imposed on imported goods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: singular, uncountable
Examples
Customs stopped us in the airport for an inspection.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The process of going through customs checks at a border checkpoint.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
They usually don't care about customs, but she was clearly planning on selling most of it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The location at a border checkpoint where customs checks are carried out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
plural of custom
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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third-person singular simple present indicative of custom
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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money collected under a tariff
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: customs duty, custom, impost
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: duty, tariff
Narrower terms: ship money
Plural of custom. Perhaps influenced by or taken as a corruption of customhouse, from Middle English custome hous.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Across languages
Translations
101 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian :
doganë
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Arabic :
رُسُوم
(rusūm)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Arabic :
جُمْرُك
(jumruk)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Arabic :
رُسُوم جُمْرُكِيَّة
(rusūm jumrukiyya)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Arabic :
جُمْرُك
(jumruk)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Arabic :
رُسُوم
(rusūm)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Arabic :
رُسُوم جُمْرُكِيَّة
(rusūm jumrukiyya)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Armenian :
մաքս
(makʻs)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Azerbaijani :
rüsum
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Azerbaijani :
gömrük
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Belarusian :
мы́та
(mýta)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Belarusian :
мы́тны збор
(mýtny zbor)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Bulgarian :
мито́
(mitó)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Burmese :
အကောက်ခွန်
(a.kaukhkwan)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Catalan :
duana
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Chinese Mandarin :
關稅 /关税
(guānshuì)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Czech :
clo
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Danish :
told
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Dutch :
douanerechten
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Esperanto :
dogano
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Estonian :
toll
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Finnish :
tulli
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Finnish :
tullimaksu
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
French :
douane
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
French :
douanes
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Galician :
arancel
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Georgian :
ბაჟი
(baži)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
German :
Zoll
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
German :
Zollgebühr
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Greek :
δασμός
(dasmós)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Hindi :
सीमा शुल्क
(sīmā śulk)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Hindi :
प्रशुल्क
(praśulk)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Hungarian :
vám
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Indonesian :
bea
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Ingrian :
tamožnoi
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Irish :
custam
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Italian :
dazio
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Italian :
gabella
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Italian :
imposte
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Italian :
accise
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Italian :
dogana
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Japanese :
関税
(kanzei)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Japanese :
カスタム
(kasutamu)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Japanese :
カスタムス
(kasutamusu)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Japanese :
カスタムズ
(kasutamuzu)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Kazakh :
кеден салықтары
(keden salyqtary)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Khmer :
សុលកាករ
(solkaakɑɑ)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Korean :
관세
(gwanse)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Kyrgyz :
бажы алымы
(bajı alımı)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Kyrgyz :
бажы
(bajı)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Kyrgyz :
пошлина
(poşlina)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Ladino :
dogana
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Ladino :
duana
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Ladino :
komarka
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Ladino :
kumerchu (Monastir)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Lao :
ສຸລະກາກອນ
(su la kā kǭn)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Latvian :
muita
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Lithuanian :
muitas
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Macedonian :
царина
(carina)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Malay :
kastam
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Māori :
katimauhe
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Mongolian :
гааль
(gaalʹ)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Norman :
douanne
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Norwegian Bokmål :
toll
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Occitan :
doana
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Iranian Persian :
گُمْرُک
(gomrok)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Polish :
cło
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Polish :
opłata celna
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Portuguese :
alfândega
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Portuguese :
aduana
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Romanian :
vamă
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Russian :
тамо́женный сбор
(tamóžennyj sbor)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Russian :
тамо́женная по́шлина
(tamóžennaja póšlina)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Serbo-Croatian :
ца̏рина
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Serbo-Croatian :
cȁrina
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Slovak :
clo
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Slovene :
carina
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Spanish :
aduana
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Spanish :
arancel
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Spanish :
derechos de aduana
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Spanish :
aranceles
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Swahili :
ushuru wa forodha
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Swedish :
tull
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Tajik :
гумрук
(gumruk)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Thai :
ศุลกากร
(sǔn-lá-gaa-gɔɔn)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Thai :
ภาษีศุลกากร
(paa-sǐi-sǔn-lá-gaa-gɔɔn)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Turkish :
gümrük
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Ottoman Turkish :
كمرك
(gümrük)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Ottoman Turkish :
باج
(bac)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Ukrainian :
ми́то
(mýto)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Ukrainian :
ми́тний збір
(mýtnyj zbir)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Urdu :
سَرْحَد حاصِل
(sarhad hāsil)
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Uzbek :
tamojnya boji
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Uzbek :
gumruk
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Uzbek :
boj
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Uzbek :
poshlina
— the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
Dutch :
douane
— customs checks at a border checkpoint
Esperanto :
dogano
— customs checks at a border checkpoint
Finnish :
tullitarkastus
— customs checks at a border checkpoint
Malay :
kastam
— customs checks at a border checkpoint
Polish :
odprawa celna
— customs checks at a border checkpoint