custom

[ˈkʌstəm]

Definition:
1. An accepted way of behaving or of doing things in a society or a community.
2. The way a person always behaves.
3. The fact of a person or people buying goods or services at a shop/store or business.

Use 'custom' in a sentence:

1. You will be able to take ten dozen bottles free of duty through customs.
2. It was his custom in buying real estate to offer a rather low price.
3. The women wore veils in deference to the customs of the country.
4. We whipped through customs in ten minutes.
5. As was his custom, he knocked three times.
6. You may think that gift-giving is a universal custom.
7. The married women of Shitamachi maintained the custom of blackening their teeth.
8. You have the right to withhold your custom if you so wish.
9. For example, afternoon tea is a British custom.
10. "Because it's the custom."
11. It is our custom to leave a stone.
12. Customs officials have made a series of contradictory statements about the equipment.
13. Customs officials foiled an attempt to smuggle the paintings out of the country.
14. The custom dates back hundreds of years.
15. So you may think that gift-giving is a universal custom.
16. Providing discounts is not the only way to win custom.
17. She said that very often—It was the custom.
18. Get a perfect, custom fit.
19. When they conquered Britain, the Romans brought this custom with them.
20. Customs officials can get extremely pernickety about things like that.
21. Furniture can also be custom-made to suit your own requirements.
22. He must be a newcomer to town and he obviously didn't understand our local customs.
23. I could custom design the business cards though, right?
24. Although the date is different, the custom is the same.
25. He watched the Customs official peer into the driver's window.
26. This custom was still current in the late 1960s.
27. Regional custom dictates the preparation and consumption of traditional favorites.
28. The custom of lighting the Olympic flame goes back centuries.
29. It is the custom to bargain in Asia.
30. We invested in a custom-built kitchen.
31. The Customs have seized large quantities of smuggled heroin.
32. Customs officials turned the man over to the police.
33. What is the custom and usage in this emergence?
34. It is the custom in that country for women to marry young.
35. The machine was custom-built by Steve Roberts.
36. This custom is found in people of all races throughout the world.
37. This quaint custom should be revived.
38. The customs officers searched through our bags.
39. A swoop by customs officers netted a large quantity of drugs.
40. It was her custom to rise early.
41. The programme was about customs in different parts of the country.
42. It was his custom to approach every problem cautiously.
43. These include custom-made navigation tools and night vision systems.
44. The origin of the custom is obscure.
45. Some strange customs have survived from earlier times.
46. This particular custom has its origins in Wales.
47. This phrase comes from bakers' old custom of adding one extra loaf to an order of a dozen.
48. Social customs provide a vital link between generations.
49. It's a local custom.
50. We've lost a lot of custom since prices went up.
51. Allow twenty-five minutes to get through Passport Control and Customs.