customnoun/ˈkʌstəm/

• 1

  Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.

  • Much forbidden by elder custom is accepted today.
  • A custom More honour'd in the breach than the observance.
• 2

  Habitual buying of goods from one same vendor.

  • Thank you for your custom.
  • Let him have your custom, but not your votes.
• 3

  Habitual buying of goods from one same vendor.

• 4

  lawLong-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent. Compare prescription.

  • The distinction between custom and usage it that usage is a fact and custom is a law. There can be usage without custom, but not custom without usage.
• 5

  Traditional beliefs or rituals.

  • The Ancient Egyptian culture had many distinctive and interesting beliefs and customs; one custom was the mummification of the dead.
• 6

  A custom (made-to-order) piece of art, etc.

  • The rest of the necklace holders finally came in! If you bought a custom from me thank you so much for your patience! I’m gonna try my best to crank them out as fast as possible
  • Oftentimes I have trouble finding enough women to buy customs from. Strangely enough, finding women to take hundreds of dollars for a selfie isn’t as easy as you’d think.
• 7

  obsoleteFamiliar acquaintance; familiarity.

  • Age can not wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety.
• 8

  archaicToll, tax, or tribute.

  • Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

customadj/ˈkʌstəm/

• 1

  Made or done in a way adjusted to fit the needs of a particular person or group (e.g., customer, health care patient, do-it-yourselfer), and thus specialized and, in some cases, unique.

  • Near-synonyms: custom-made, tailored, tailor-made, custom-built, purpose-built; see also Thesaurus:custom-made
  • My feet are very large, so I need custom shoes, specially made by a custom tailor.
• 2

  Own, personal, not standard or premade.

  • We can embroider a wide range of ready designs or a custom logo.
• 3

  agriculturebusinesslifestyleDone on a for-hire basis, as contrasted with being done only for oneself.

  • custom threshing
  • custom baling
• 4

  archaicAccustomed; usual.

customverb/ˈkʌstəm/

• 1

  obsoleteTo make familiar; to accustom.

  • a. 1771 (written, published posthumously) Thomas Gray, Agrippina Have not forgot your sire; the eye of Rome And the Prætorian camp have long revered, With customed awe the daughter, sister, wife, And mother of their Cæsars
• 2

  obsoleteTo supply with customers.

  • But yet a man might reply, that if a Shooemaker ſhould haue no Shooes in his Shoppe, but onely worke, as hee is beſpoken, hee ſhould bee weakley cuſtomed.
• 3

  obsoleteTo pay the customs of.

  • Barabas, thy ships are safe, Riding in Malta Rhode; and all the merchants With other merchandize are safe arriv'd, And have sent me to know whether yourself Will come and custom them.
• 4

  obsoleteTo have a custom.

  • For on a Bridge he cuſtometh to fight, / Which is but narrow, but exceeding long; / And in the ſame are many trap fals pight, / Through which the rider downe doth fall through ouerſight.