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cus⋅tom
[kuhs-tuh
m] 
–noun
| 1. | a habitual practice; the usual way of acting in given circumstances. |
| 2. | habits or usages collectively; convention. |
| 3. | a practice so long established that it has the force of law. |
| 4. | such practices collectively. |
| 5. | Sociology. a group pattern of habitual activity usually transmitted from one generation to another. |
| 6. | toll; duty. |
| 7. | customs,
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| 8. | regular patronage of a particular shop, restaurant, etc. |
| 9. | the customers or patrons of a business firm, collectively. |
| 10. | the aggregate of customers. |
| 11. | (in medieval Europe) a customary tax, tribute, or service owed by peasants to their lord. |
–adjective
| 12. | made specially for individual customers: custom shoes. |
| 13. | dealing in things so made, or doing work to order: a custom tailor. |
Origin:
1150–1200; ME custume < AF; OF costume < VL *co(n)s(uē)tūmin-, r. L consuētūdin- (s. of consuētūdō), equiv. to consuēt(us) accustomed, ptp. of consuēscere (con- con- + suē- (akin to suus one's own) + -tus ptp. suffix) + -ūdin- n. suffix; cf. costume
1150–1200; ME custume < AF; OF costume < VL *co(n)s(uē)tūmin-, r. L consuētūdin- (s. of consuētūdō), equiv. to consuēt(us) accustomed, ptp. of consuēscere (con- con- + suē- (akin to suus one's own) + -tus ptp. suffix) + -ūdin- n. suffix; cf. costume
Synonyms:
1, 2. Custom, habit, practice mean an established way of doing things. Custom, applied to a community or to an individual, implies a more or less permanent continuance of a social usage: It is the custom to give gifts at Christmas time. Habit, applied particularly to an individual, implies such repetition of the same action as to develop a natural, spontaneous, or rooted tendency or inclination to perform it: to make a habit of reading the newspapers. Practice applies to a set of fixed habits or an ordered procedure in conducting activities: It is his practice to verify all statements.
1, 2. Custom, habit, practice mean an established way of doing things. Custom, applied to a community or to an individual, implies a more or less permanent continuance of a social usage: It is the custom to give gifts at Christmas time. Habit, applied particularly to an individual, implies such repetition of the same action as to develop a natural, spontaneous, or rooted tendency or inclination to perform it: to make a habit of reading the newspapers. Practice applies to a set of fixed habits or an ordered procedure in conducting activities: It is his practice to verify all statements.
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| cus·tom (kŭs'təm) n.
[Middle English custume, from Old French costume, from Latin cōnsuētūdō, cōnsuētūdin-, from cōnsuētus, past participle of cōnsuēscere, to accustom : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + suēscere, to become accustomed; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.] |
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