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Definition: Customs |
CustomsNoun1. Money collected under a tariff. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "customs" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Economics | The government service which is responsible for the administration of Customs law and the collection of duties and taxes relating thereto, and which has responsibility for the application of other laws and regulations relative to the importation , transit, and exportation of goods. (references) |
Finance | The group of government officials responsible for collecting customs duties and for controlling the import and export of dutiable goods. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The Governement Service which is responsible for the administration of customs law and the collection of import and export duties and taxes and which also has responsibility for the application of other laws and regulations relating inter alia to the importation, transit and exportation of goods. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Shipping | Government agency charged with enforcing the rules passed to protect the country's import and export revenues. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
For an article on the meaning of this term in the field of law, see custom_(law).Custom is a common practice among people, especially depending on country, culture, time and religion.
The difference between custom and culture is subtle, yet customs generally emphasizes practices while cultures rather focus on ideas.
See also Customs.
In computing, customizing is to modify particularly interfaces of computer programs.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Custom."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
1. Customs is the plural of custom, a common practice among a group of people. 2. Customs is an authority or agency in a country responsible for controlling the flow of people, animals and goods, as well as personal effects and hazardous items, in and out of the country. Depending on local legislation and regulations, exporting or importing of some goods may be restricted or forbidden, and the Customs agency is enforcing these rules. The Customs agency also monitors persons leaving and entering the country, checking for appropriate documentation and trying to capture persons identified by international search warrants. As well as increasing the population of a particular country a person may be carrying an infectious disease or may pose a threat to that country. Personal effects would be items already bought or items found abroad which may cause harm in that particular country.
- See also: Border, Border control
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Customs."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A customs union is a free trade area with a common external tariff. That is, the same customs duties, quotas, preferences and so forth apply to all goods entering the area, regardless of which country within the area they are entering.Examples of customs unions include the EFTA, the European Union, the Zollverein, and the Turkey-EC customs union.
see also international trade, Trade bloc
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Customs union."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| CU | English | Customs Union Service | European Union |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: CustomsSynonyms: custom (n), customs duty (n), impost (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: majesties (finance). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Compact | Protocol, treaty, concordat, Zollverein, Sonderbund, charter, Magna Charta, Progmatic Sanction, customs union, free trade region; General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, GATT; most favored nation status. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | We're so bound by customs and rituals (Fire; writing credit: Deepa Mehta) It's a well known fact that cannibals differ from the rest of us in their dietary customs. (The Circus Queen Murder; writing credit: Fulton Oursler; Jo Swerling) This is a local shop the strangers you would bring would not understand us, our customs, our local ways (The League of Gentlemen; writing credit: Jeremy Dyson; Mark Gatiss) When we get to London, there could be a line at customs! Come on (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) Customs curtsy to great kings (Henry V; writing credit: Kenneth Branagh; William Shakespeare) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Sexual Customs in Scandinavia (1972) Customs Agent (1950) U.S. Customs Classified (1995) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | The old Danish Customs House in downtown Christiansted, now maintained by the National Park Service. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Figure 9. Walferdin maximum temperature thermometer a form of reversing thermom ter designed by Francois Walferdin, a French customs official who was responsibl e for in 1855. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | The Department of Defense is winning a war on drugs, like Ecstasy (shown above), which started during the Vietnam War. Instances of military members' use of illegal drugs are at a 20-year low. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Customs). |  | Photographed prior to World War I. This motor boat was acquired by the Navy on 11 June 1918 and commissioned on 19 June 1917 as USS Natoya (SP-396). Following World War I operations as a patrol vessel, she was transferred to the U.S. Customs Service on 3 April 1919. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", Volume 7 (January-June 1863), page 364. Alexandra was built in Liverpool as an intended Confederate cruiser. Seized by British customs officials on 5 April 1863, while fitting out, she was not released until the following year. She was again seized late in 1864 at Nassau, Bahamas, under the name Mary and held until the end of the Civil War. Credit: NAVY. |  | David B. Hill with "Ways & Means" lapel ribbon holding string with "revenue from customs" monkey. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Ancient customs prevail in modern Nigeria--traveling medicine men perform the "hoe dance". Credit: Library of Congress. |  | U.S. Customs agents checking up on the cargo of the Quadra. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Customs house, Juarez, Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | United States customs house, Bivalve, New Jersey. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Crowd at emigration" by Gabino Travassos Commentary: "My dad again, fourth from the right with the moustache, looking at the camera. I assume this was taken at customs in Portugal, 1956 or 1957. Photographer unknown." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Author | Quotation |
Aaron Hill | Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth. |
Dante (Alighieri) | The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | And the city of London shall have all it ancient liberties and free customs, as well by land as by water; furthermore, we decree and grant that all other cities, boroughs, towns, and ports shall have all their liberties and free customs. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | Of other ministerial and subordinate powers in a commonwealth, we need not speak, they being so multiplied with infinite variety, in the different customs and constitutions of distinct commonwealths, that it is impossible to give a particular account of them all. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Goods in transit shall be exempt from all Customs or other similar duties. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | I had ceased to be a writer of tolerably poor tales and essays, and had become a tolerably good Surveyor of the Customs. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | All this prodigious city is an epitome of dead and living manners and customs. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I would exactly set down the several changes in customs, language, fashions of dress, diet and diversions |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | The faintest assured objection which one healthy man feels will at length prevail over the arguments and customs of mankind |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Typhus still exists in places where climate, chronic poverty, and social customs prevent regular changes and laundering of clothing. (references) | |
In contrast, the nighttime sleep of day workers is largely protected by social customs that keep noises and interruptions to a minimum. (references) | ||
Business | This Certificate is required by Customs. (references) | |
Overall, customs duties have been reduced. (references) | ||
Other obstacles include customs and taxes. (references) | ||
Children | Congo | Persons with disabilities are exempt from some civil laws, such as paying some taxes or in some cases paying customs duties. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Nepal | Police and customs officials occasionally harass Tibetan asylum seekers who cross the border from China. (references) |
Mozambique | It claimed that publications close to the Government have an advantage in securing exemptions from customs duties. (references) | |
Economic History | Bangladesh | Customs bonded warehouses assist exporters. (references) |
Netherlands | Imported goods are also subject to customs duty. (references) | |
Israel | Israel and the PA constitute a single customs entity. (references) | |
Human Rights | Mozambique | There also are courts that exercise limited, specialized jurisdiction, such as the administrative court and customs court. (references) |
Cameroon | In mid-January 2000, Atangana, a gendarme serving at the Douala port, shot and killed Alhadji Bapetel, a customs officer also serving at the port. (references) | |
Pakistan | Double jeopardy applies to those convicted of possessing narcotics because of a federal Shariat court ruling that customs and narcotics cases be initiated separately. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Denmark | Greenland's legal system seeks to accommodate Inuit customs. (references) |
Mexico | In 1998 Quintana Roo's state Legislature passed a similar usages and customs law. (references) | |
Colombia | Indigenous communities are free to educate their children in traditional dialects and in the observance of cultural and religious customs. (references) | |
Minorities | Ethiopia | Ethiopian Orthodox leaders complained that at times Protestants fail to respect Orthodox holy days and Orthodox customs. (references) |
Bhutan | Drukpa is based on the customs of the non-ethnic Nepalese Ngalong ethnic group predominant in the western part of the country. (references) | |
Mexico | In Chiapas the Adventists viewed the local government as reluctant to intervene in towns governed by traditional "practices and customs." In May four other incidents of intolerance were reported, three in Chiapas and one in Puebla state. (references) | |
Political Economy | OMAN | Oman's customs procedures are complex. (references) |
SPAIN | Customs accepts commercial invoices by fax. (references) | |
Qatar | Women's rights are restricted by law and social customs. (references) | |
Political Rights | Mexico | These traditional customs vary from village to village. (references) |
Pakistan | Women participate in large numbers in elections, although some are dissuaded from voting by family, religious, and social customs. (references) | |
Swaziland | Although law and customs are not codified, chiefs essentially are responsible for maintaining law and order in their respective chiefdoms. (references) | |
Trade | Sweden | E-commerce is subject to customs duty. (references) |
Bolivia | Next Customs issues an exporter's bond. (references) | |
Argentina | The CI is mandatory for customs clearance. (references) | |
Travel | Mexico | Business and social customs vary widely in Mexico. (references) |
Saudi Arabia | Customs inspections at ports of entry are thorough. (references) | |
Trinidad | Local business customs reflect those of the United States. (references) | |
Women | Syria | Instances of honor crimes are rare and happen primarily in rural areas in which Bedouin customs prevail. (references) |
Cameroon | The lack of a national legal code covering the family leaves women defenseless against male-oriented customs. (references) | |
Mauritania | In 1999 for the first time, women were hired by the army to serve as police inspectors and customs officials. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Slovak Republic | The law regulates free customs zones and customs warehouses. (references) |
Azerbaijan | Police, customs, and military personnel are prohibited from forming unions. (references) | |
Nigeria | The Assistant Inspector General of Police was investigating allegations of the collusion of customs officials in trafficking. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | HARBOR, n. A place where ships taking shelter from stores are exposed to the fury of the customs. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | The ration of representation presented itself to my mind, and it still does, as one of obvious equity, because of its being the ratio of contribution, whether the funds to be distributed be derived from the customs or from direct taxation. |
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| "Customs" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 89.78% of the time. "Customs" is used about 2,112 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 89.78% | 1,896 | 4,512 |
| Noun (proper) | 8.85% | 187 | 22,491 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 1.37% | 29 | 64,444 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,112 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "customs": ad valorem customs duties ♦ ancient customs ♦ at the customs ♦ beat the customs ♦ board of customs ♦ bureau of Customs ♦ cachet of the customs service ♦ clear through the customs ♦ customs administration ♦ customs agent ♦ customs airport ♦ customs and excise ♦ customs authorities ♦ customs barrier ♦ customs barriers ♦ customs broker ♦ customs check ♦ customs clearance ♦ customs clearance fee ♦ customs clearer ♦ customs control ♦ customs declaration ♦ customs declaration form ♦ customs duties ♦ customs duty ♦ customs entries ♦ customs examination ♦ customs exclave ♦ customs frontier ♦ customs house ♦ customs inspection ♦ customs mark ♦ customs office ♦ customs officer ♦ customs official ♦ customs post ♦ customs regulation ♦ customs response message ♦ customs sepervision ♦ customs tariff ♦ customs territories ♦ customs that are passing ♦ customs union ♦ customs warehouse ♦ customs warrant ♦ declare at customs ♦ free of customs ♦ General customs ♦ get through the customs ♦ go through the customs ♦ Her Majesty's Customs ♦ Her Majesty's Customs and Excise ♦ manners and customs ♦ ministry of customs ♦ native customs ♦ observant of customs ♦ particular customs ♦ periodic customs declaration message ♦ Secure Customs Enforcement Network ♦ survival of old customs ♦ the customs officer ♦ Transit Customs Offices. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "customs": customs-approved, customs-cleared, customs-exempt, customs-free, customs-house. | |
Ending with "customs": ex-customs, folk-customs. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "customs"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | taksë doganore (duty), doganë (chop-house, Customhouse, customs house, duty). (various references) | |
Arabic | تقليد (appointment, convention, copying, imitation, inauguration, induction, installation, investment, mimicry, reproduction, tradition), جمارك مستحقة عن, رسوم جمركية (custom). (various references) | |
Asturian | portalgu. (various references) | |
Bavarian | zoi. (various references) | |
Bemba | imisango. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | митница (customshouse, receipt). (various references) | |
Cebuano | adwana. (various references) | |
Chinese | 海關 , 习惯 (Accustom, Accustomed, Accustoming, Acquainted, Custom). (various references) | |
Cornish | toll. (various references) | |
Czech | clo (duty, levy, tariff, tax), celnice (Customhouse). (various references) | |
Danish | told (customs duty). (various references) | |
Dutch | douane. (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | chapaccuna. (various references) | |
Esperanto | dogano. (various references) | |
Faeroese | toll. (various references) | |
Finnish | tulliasema, tulli (duty). (various references) | |
French | douane (Customhouse). (various references) | |
Frisian | tol, grinswacht. (various references) | |
German | zoll (customs duty, Duane, duty, inch, toll, tribute), Sitten (manners, morals), Gewohnheiten (habits, wonts). (various references) | |
Greek | τελωνείο. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מכס (duty, levy, scot, toll, tribute). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vám (customs duty, duty, tariff, toll). (various references) | |
Indonesian | bea pabean. (various references) | |
Inuktitut | nunaup asiannigaaqtut qaujisaqtiit. (various references) | |
Irish | custaim, nósanna. (various references) | |
Italian | dogana (custom, Customhouse, customs duty, duty), costumi (morals). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 関税 (duty, tariff), 風儀 (manners), 風俗 (manners), 風俗 (manners, sex industry, sex service), 為来り , カシミア糸 (cascade, cashew nuts, cashmere, cashmere yarn, casino, casket, castanets, caster, casual, casual look, casual water, casual wear, custard pudding, custom, custom IC, customize, customized car, customized communication, customizer, custom-made), 俗 (manners, mark in dictionary indicating slang, mundane things, the laity, the world, vulgarity, worldliness). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぞく (apprehension, burglar, group, insurgent, manners, mark in dictionary indicating slang, mundane things, periodic table group, race, rebel, the laity, the world, thief, tribe, uneasiness, vulgarity, worldliness), しきたり (conventional practice, custom, mores, ordinance), ふうぞく (genus Liquidambar, manners, sex industry, sex service), ふうぎ (manners), かんぜい (box and cover, damage from cold weather, deep emotion, drought damage, drought disaster, duty, irrigation, outside a building, persuasion, strong feelings, tariff, urging), カスタムズ . (various references) | |
Korean | 관례 (Custom). (various references) | |
Macedonian | carina. (various references) | |
Manx | ronseyder lhuingey (customs officer, tide-waiter), oashyn ny cheerey (native customs), meoir custym (customs officer), keesh chustym (customs duty), jarrooaghey custym (customs declaration), glenney custym (customs clearance), custym (custom, customs duty, tariff), cleigh custym (customs barrier), cagliagh custym (customs barrier), breearrey custym (customs declaration). (various references) | |
Norwegian | toll (duty). (various references) | |
Papiamen | duana. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ustomscay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | costumes (behavior, behaviour, consuetude, manner, moral, mores), alfândega (custom, customhouse, custom-house), aduana (customhouse). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | costumes, alfândega. (various references) | |
Provencal | doana. (various references) | |
Romanian | rãmãşiţã a unor vechi obiceiuri (survival of old customs), obiceiuri care nu se mai practicã (customs that are passing). (various references) | |
Romansch | duana. (various references) | |
Russian | таможня таможенный (customhouse), таможня (choky, custom house, customhouse, custom-house, customshouse), таможенный контроль, таможенный (revenue), таможенные пошлины (custom dues). (various references) | |
Samoan | fale mo tiute. (various references) | |
Scottish | duillinnean. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | carina (duty, revenue, tariff). (various references) | |
Sicilian | dugana. (various references) | |
Spanish | aduana (custom house, customs house), costumbres (manners, moral, mores). (various references) | |
Swahili | ushuru (customs duty). (various references) | |
Swedish | tull (custom-house, customs duty, dues, duty, entrnace to a town, impost, the, the customs officer, toll, Tollgate). (various references) | |
Turkish | töreler (mores, unwritten law), gelenekler (mores, unwritten law), gümrük resmi, gümrük dairesi (customhouse, customs house), gümrük (customhouse), adetler (mores). (various references) | |
Turkmen | gьmrьk (import/export duty). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | мито (dues, impost, toll), митне управління, митний збір. (various references) | |
Welsh | defion (rights, rites). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | mores, mos. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 16, Verse 21 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai kataggellousin eqh a ouk exestin hmin paradecesqai oude poiein rwmaioiV ousin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et adnuntiant morem quem non licet nobis suscipere neque facere cum simus Romani |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For thei ben Jewis, and schewen a custom, which it is not leueful to vs to resseyue, nether do, sithen we ben Romayns. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And preache ordinaunces which are not laufull for vs to receave nether to observe seinge we are Romayns. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And teach customs which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans. |
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| Language | Acts Chapter 16, Verse 21 |
| Albanian | dhe predikojnë zakone që për ne, që jemi Romakë, nuk është e ligjshme t'i pranojmë dhe t'i zbatojmë''. |
| Cebuano | Kini sila nanudlog mga batasan nga dili matarung sa pagsagop o paggawi nato ingon nga mga Romanhon." |
| Croatian | te šire obièaje kojih mi Rimljani ne smijemo ni prihvatiti ni držati." |
| Danish | og de forkynde Skikke, som det ikke er tilladt os, der ere Romere, at antage eller øve." |
| Dutch | En zij verkondigen zeden, die ons niet geoorloofd zijn aan te nemen noch te doen, alzo wij Romeinen zijn. |
| Finnish | ja opettavat tapoja, joita meidän ei ole lupa omaksua eikä noudattaa, koska me olemme roomalaisia". |
| French | ce sont des Juifs, qui annoncent des coutumes qu`il ne nous est permis ni de recevoir ni de suivre, à nous qui sommes Romains. |
| German | und verkündigen eine Weise, welche uns nicht ziemt anzunehmen noch zu tun, weil wir Römer sind. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Mereka menganjurkan orang melakukan adat kebiasaan yang bertentangan dengan hukum-hukum kita, orang-orang Roma. Kita tidak dapat menerima atau menuruti adat kebiasaan itu!" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | dan meletakkan adat istiadat yang tiada halal diterima atau diturut oleh kita ini orang Rum." |
| Italian | e predicano usanze che a noi Romani non è lecito accogliere né praticare». |
| Maori | E whakapuakina ana hoki e raua he ritenga e kore nei e tika kia whakaaetia, kia mahia e tatou, e nga tangata o Roma. |
| Norwegian | og forkynner skikker som vi ikke har lov til å ta imot eller leve efter, vi som er romere. |
| Rumanian | cari vestesc niwte obiceiuri, pe cari noi, Romanii nu trebuie nici sq le primim, nici sq le urmqm.`` |
| Russian | Й РТПРПЧЕДХАФ ПВЩЮБЙ, ЛПФПТЩИ ОБН, тЙНМСОБН, ОЕ УМЕДХЕФ ОЙ РТЙОЙНБФШ, ОЙ ЙУРПМОСФШ. |
| Shuar | Tura iisha Rúmanmaya aents árin, ii Túrachminian, iikia asumprachman jintintramainiaji" tiarmiayi. |
| Spanish | ¡Predican costumbres que no nos es lícito recibir ni practicar, pues somos romanos! |
| Swahili | Wanafundisha desturi ambazo sisi raia wa Roma haturuhusiwi kuzikubali wala kuzifuata." |
| Swedish | och vilja införa stadgar som det för oss, såsom romerska medborgare, icke är lovligt att antaga eller hålla." |
| Uma | Mpotudui' -ra tauna mpotuku' ada to mosisala hante ada-ta. Kita' to Roma, uma-ta ma'ala mpotarima ba mpotuku' ada to hewa toe." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "customs": customshouse, customshouses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "customs": accustoms, disaccustoms. (additional references) | |
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"Customs" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: costomes, coston, cursitors, custo, custome, customes, customm, customr, custon, custos, custums, Cutsem, Cuxtone, kaustos, scutums. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "customs" (pronounced ku"stumz) |
| 5 | -s t u m z | ecosystems, subsystems, systems. |
| 4 | -t u m z | ageratums, atoms, bantams, bottoms, items, phantoms, symptoms, totems, ultimatums, victims. |
| 3 | -u m z | acronyms, albums, algorithms, alums, amalgams, anachronisms, angstroms, antagonisms, anthems, aphorisms, aquariums, auditoriums, axioms, consortiums, baptisms, blossoms, caladiums, chrysanthemums, columns, condominiums, condoms, criticisms, curriculums, dirhams, doldrums, dualisms, emblems, embolisms, enthusiasms, euphemisms, fathoms, fiefdoms, forums, freedoms, geraniums, ginghams, Grahams, gymnasiums, herbariums, honorariums, hoodlums, idioms, isms, kingdoms, logarithms, mannerisms, maxims, mechanisms, mediums, memorandums, metabolisms, methodisms, microorganisms, millenniums, minimums, modems, monisms, moratoriums, museums, nostrums, organisms, orgasms, pilgrims, podiums, poems, possums, premiums, problems, puritanisms, quorums, ransoms, referendums, rhythms, schisms, sedums, sheikdoms, spasms, spectrums, stadiums, stratagems, surrealisms, symposiums, tantrums, transoms, welcomes, zirconiums. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-m-o-s-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: custom, custos, scouts. | |
-2 letters: costs, cusso, mosts, musts, ousts, scots, scout, scums, scuts, smuts, stums, sumos. | |
-3 letters: coss, cost, cots, cuss, cuts, mocs, moss, most, mots, muss, must, muts, oust, outs, scot, scum, scut, smut, sots, sous, stum, sumo, sums, toms, toss. | |
-4 letters: cos, cot, cum, cut, moc, mos, mot, mus, mut, oms, out. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-m-o-s-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: combusts, costumes, scrotums. | |
+2 letters: accustoms, costumers, customers, customise, miscounts. | |
+3 letters: autoecisms, castoreums, colostrums, columnists, combustors, communists, cosmonauts, costumiers, customised, customises, customizes, mistouches, moustaches, mucosities, muscovites, mustachios, occultisms, outmuscles, outschemes. | |
+4 letters: combustions, consortiums, consumerist, consummates, costumeries, customhouse, customising, customizers, disaccustom, ecotourisms, microbursts, miscomputes, misconducts, misconstrue, moustachios, sarcomatous, scoutmaster, scrumptious, subcompacts. | |
+5 letters: ascomycetous, combustibles, communalists, computereses, computerises, computerists, computerless, consumerists, consummators, consumptions, consumptives, customhouses, customshouse, disaccustoms, emasculators, misconstrued, misconstrues, misfunctions, multicourses, musicologist, neuroticisms, noncustomers, obscurantism, scoutmasters, scriptoriums, uricotelisms. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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