custom

custom
noun
1 (C, U) something that is done by people in a particular society because it is traditional: local/tribal/ancient/Swedish etc custom: "Why the pile of salt?" "It's an old Japanese custom." | it is the custom (for sb) to do sth: It's the custom for the bride's father to pay for the wedding. | the custom of doing sth: the old French custom of serving the vegetables separate from the meat | by custom/according to the custom: By custom we had to stop and speak to every person we met.
2 (singular) especially literary something that you usually do every day, or in a particular situation: He awoke early, as was his custom.
-see habit
3 (U) formal the practice of regularly using a particular shop or business
4 customs (plural) the place where your bag is checked for illegal drugs, guns etc when you go into a country: She was stopped at customs and questioned. | clear customs (=be allowed through customs after being checked)

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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