transcription, транскрипция: [ kʌstəm ]
( customs)
1.
A custom is an activity, a way of behaving, or an event which is usual or traditional in a particular society or in particular circumstances.
The custom of lighting the Olympic flame goes back centuries...
Chung has tried to adapt to local customs.
N-VAR : usu with supp , oft N of -ing
2.
If it is your custom to do something, you usually do it in particular circumstances.
It was his custom to approach every problem cautiously...
N-SING : oft with poss
3.
If a shop has your custom , you regularly buy things there. ( BRIT FORMAL )
You have the right to withhold your custom if you so wish...
N-UNCOUNT : usu with poss
4.
see also customs