Dictionary entry

Custom (4)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cus″tom, n. [OF. coustume, F. coutume, tax, i.e., the usual tax. See 1st Custom.] 1. The customary toll, tax, or tribute.

Render, therefore, to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom.

Rom. xiii. 7.

2. pl. Duties or tolls imposed by law on commodities, imported or exported.