customs

Questions about customs

What does customs mean?

customs means "money collected under a tariff".

How many syllables are in customs?

customs has 2 syllables: cus-toms. The stress falls on "cus". In IPA it is /ˈkʌstəmz/.

What is another word for customs?

Close synonyms include customs duty, custom, impost. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is customs a common word?

customs is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.