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custom
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[ noun ] accepted or habitual practice
Used in print (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)It has been the custom for most universities to stretch_the_blanket of accreditation for their liberal_arts school to cover_the_shivering_body of their fine_arts department . (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)Each scene is shot straight through , as had been the universal custom , from a camera fixed in a single position , but in the outdoor scenes , especially in the capture and destruction of the outlaws , Porter 's camera position breaks , necessarily , with the camera position standard until then , which had been , roughly , that of a spectator in a center orchestra seat at a play . Related terms practice survival habit ritual hijab couvade consuetude Germanism Anglicism Americanism |
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[ noun ] a specific practice of long standing
Synonyms Used in print (Morton A. Kaplan and Nicholas de B. Katzenbach,...)The European customs on which international_law was based were to become , by force and fiat , the customs that others were to accept as law if they were to join this community as sovereign states . The European customs on which international_law was based were to become , by force and fiat , the customs that others were to accept as law if they were to join this community as sovereign states . To free the factors of production was a major objective of the rising bourgeoisie , and this objective required that governmental authority - administrative_officials and judges - be limited as precisely and explicitly as possible ; that old customs which inhibited trade be abrogated ; that business be free from governmental supervision and notions of morality which might clog the automatic adjustments of the free market ; that obligations of status that were inconsistent with the new politics and the new economics be done away with . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] of clothing
Synonyms Used in print (Orlin J. Scoville, Part-Time Farming...)He may have_to depend_upon custom service for specialized operations , such_as spraying or threshing , and for these , he may have_to wait his turn . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (government) money collected under a tariff
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[ adjective ] made according to the specifications of an individual
Synonyms Related terms ready-made bespoke bespoke custom-built designer custom-built |
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[ noun ] (business) habitual patronage
Examples "I have given this tailor my custom for many years" Related terms |
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