# custom

Pronunciation: say "KUS-tuhm" /ˈkʌstəm/

## Adjective

1. Made or done in a way adjusted to fit the particular needs of a person or group, and so specialized or even unique.
   - Simple: Made specially to fit one person's or group's needs, not the same as everything else.
   - _The software company builds custom solutions for each client._
   - _Her custom orthotics were molded to fit her feet precisely._
7. Performed for hire on others' behalf, rather than only for oneself.
   - Simple: Done as paid work for other people, not just for yourself.
   - _He runs a custom baling operation across three counties._
   - _Custom slaughtering lets ranchers process meat without their own facility._

## Noun

2. A traditional or usual way of behaving or doing things, shared by a community or habitual for a particular person.
   - Simple: Something a person or group usually does, often for a long time, as a habit or tradition.
   - _The festival preserves a custom dating back several centuries._
   - _Wedding customs vary widely from one region to another._
4. A long-established practice treated as unwritten law, deriving its authority from long-standing common consent.
   - Simple: A long-followed practice that acts like a law because people have always accepted it.
   - _The court recognized the grazing rights as a matter of settled custom._
   - _Under local custom, the path had been open to the public for generations._
5. A made-to-order piece of art or similar item, produced to a buyer's own specifications.
   - Simple: A piece of art or other item made to order for one buyer.
   - _Collectors pay a premium for a custom over a mass-produced figure._
   - _The artist has a year-long waiting list for customs, since each figure is painted to the buyer's own design._
6. Regular buying from a particular shop or business, or the customers who give it this support. *(UK)*
   - Simple: The regular business that customers give to a shop, or those customers as a group.
   - _The market's custom dwindled as the neighborhood changed._
   - _Word of mouth built the cafe's loyal custom over a decade._

## Noun

3. A toll, tax, or tribute, especially one owed to a lord or government. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: A tax, toll, or payment owed to a ruler or lord.
9. Familiar acquaintance with a person; the familiarity that grows from frequent contact. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Close knowledge of someone that comes from spending lots of time together.

## Adjective

8. Accustomed or habitual; in keeping with what is usual for someone. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: Usual or expected, happening the way it normally does.

## Verb

10. To have a custom, especially a habit of doing a particular thing regularly. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To have a habit of doing something, or a regular way of doing it.
11. To make someone familiar with something; to accustom a person to it. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To make someone used to something over time.
12. To supply a shop or tradesperson with customers. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To bring customers to a shop or business.
13. To pay the duties or customs owed on goods. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To pay the tax owed on goods.

## Origin

"Custom" came from Middle English custume, borrowed from Anglo-Norman custume, which came from Latin consuētūdinem, a noun from cōnsuēscō (con- "with" plus suēscō "become used or accustomed to"). It is a doublet of costume and consuetude, and the adjective form first appears around 1830.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/custom (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).