customs
/ (ˈkʌstəmz) /
duty on imports or exports
the government department responsible for the collection of these duties
the part of a port, airport, frontier station, etc, where baggage and freight are examined for dutiable goods and contraband
the procedure for examining baggage and freight, paying duty, etc
(as modifier): customs officer
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How to use customs in a sentence
By volume, customs data shows, Australian wine makes up roughly a quarter of all China’s wine imports.
Australia’s ‘approachable’ wine won over China’s middle class. Then came the tariffs | eamonbarrett | December 7, 2020 | FortuneI wave goodbye to customs, dash for the Mozambican side of the border, and the car is free.
A new automated system for the collection of customs duties and taxes on imported phones and other electronic devices in Cameroon is not being welcomed.
Cameroon’s plan to make users pay import duties on mobile devices has sparked outrage | Amindeh Blaise Atabong | October 17, 2020 | QuartzChina’s top vaccine official mentioned front-line medical workers and customs officials when he first announced the program, implying these high-risk groups had been prioritized to receive the still-experimental vaccines.
China has quietly vaccinated more than 100,000 people for Covid-19 before completing safety trials | Lili Pike | September 11, 2020 | VoxLast year’s accord gave Northern Ireland the same trade rules as the EU to avoid customs checks at the land border between Ireland and Northern Ireland, a key part of the Good Friday Agreement two decades go that ended years of bloodshed.
Pelosi to Britain: ‘No chance’ of a U.S. trade deal if you jeopardize the Good Friday accord | Bernhard Warner | September 10, 2020 | Fortune
“Times, people, and places have changed, along with different lifestyles and customs,” Maria says.
How Brooklyn’s First Ice Cream Girl Fought City Hall–and Won | Michael Daly | October 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“The acts [are] at odds with morality and customs that are penalized by Dominican laws,” the letter also read.
Miley Cyrus Goes To War Against the Dominican Republic Government | Asawin Suebsaeng | September 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey also hired an attorney and filed a federal tort claim against customs and Border Protection for personal injury.
A Shooting on a Tribal Land Uncovers Feds Running Wild | Caitlin Dickson | August 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe aircraft stops once to clear South African customs, then flies on to Botswana.
customs and Border Protection would prefer the term “humanitarian campaign.”
The Government Is Using Subliminal Songs To Scare Immigrants | Caitlin Dickson | July 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe alludes to it as one of their evil customs and used by them to produce insensibility.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.What New France is, the nature of the country, what tribes inhabit it, and their customs.
You cannot all at once eradicate the deep-rooted customs and habits of any people, whoever they may be.
Most men in England agreed that such pleasant customs had been tolerated long enough.
The Eve of the Revolution | Carl BeckerThe Spanish sailors were much interested in the strange customs and festivals of the brown people.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin | Mary Hazelton Wade
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