Custom

n.
  1. Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.
  2. Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support.
  3. (Law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription.
  4. Familiar aquaintance; familiarity.
  5. Custom of merchants ,
    a system or code of customs by which affairs of commerce are regulated.
    General customs ,
    those which extend over a state or kingdom.
    Particular customs ,
    those which are limited to a city or district; as, the customs of London.

v. t.
  1. To make familiar; to accustom.
  2. To supply with customers.

v. i.
  1. To have a custom.

n.
  1. The customary toll, tax, or tribute.

v. t.
  1. To pay the customs of.