customs

IPA: kˈʌstʌmz

(in the plural) The duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods.
(in the singular or uncountable) The government department or agency that is authorised to collect the taxes imposed on imported goods.
The process of going through customs checks at a border checkpoint.
The location at a border checkpoint where customs checks are carried out.

Examples of "customs" in Sentences

The customs of China are not immemorial.
The Russian Customs Tariff is the customs duty for the Russian Federation.
I am hoping that everything goes smoothly in customs and that I don't overpack.
The sweet customs which have housed our spiritual and social life, -- these are _customs_.
He should have been held up in customs, interrogated and strip searched before being allowed to board a Plane bound for America.
Article 106 of customs is quite clear: While you are a foreigner who is legally in this country you can drive a foreign automobile.
I'm not sure about this, Maritsa, but if Timo decides to ship a bunch of clothing to Mexico, he could end up paying more in customs duties than the clothing is worth.
He did not share her Norman proclivities, but looked back -- as the mass of his people did with him -- to the old Saxon laws of Alfred and of Athelstan, which he called the customs of his grandfather.
Big Problem: – a situation wherein we protest the fact that customs is making imported books difficult to obtain by volunteering not to obtain them at all (ebook and library book availability was never the issue), which strikes me as counter intuitive and counter-productive given that –