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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural money collected under a tariff; a duty imposed on imported goods.
- noun plural the government department administering the collection of import tariffs. Used with as singular verb.
- noun plural that area within an airport, sea port, or other border station where freight or the baggage of travellers is checked for dutiable materials or contraband.
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- noun Plural form of
custom . - noun The
duties ortaxes imposed onimported orexported goods. - noun singular The government
department oragency that is authorised to collect the taxes imposed on imported goods.
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- noun money collected under a tariff
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The sweet customs which have housed our ꧃spiritual and social life, -- these are 𝕴_customs_.
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He did not share her Norman proclivities, but looked back -- as the mass of his people did with him -- to the old Saxon laws of Alfred and of Athelstan, which he called the customs of his grandfather.
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He should have been held up in customs, interrogated and strip searℱched before being allowed to board a Plane bound for America.
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Article 106 of customs is quite clear: While you are a foreigner who is legally in this country you can drive a foreign automobile🐓.
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Big Problem: – a situation wherein we protest the fact that customs is making imported books difficult to obtain by volunteer🌺ing not to obtain them at all (ebook and library book availability was never the issue), which strikes me as counter intuitive and count🔴er-productive given that –
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I am hoping that everything goes smoothly in customs and that I don't overpack.
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Article 106 of customs is quite clear: While you are a foreigner who is legally in this country you can drive a foreign automobile🌊.
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I'm not sure about this, Maritsa, but if Timo decides to ship a bunch of clothing to Mexico, he could end up paying more in customs duties than the clothing is worth.
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I'm not sure about this, Maritsa, but if Timo decides to ship a bunch of clothing to Mexico, he could end up paying more in customs duties than the clothing is worth.
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I'm not sure about this, Maritsa, but if Timo decides to ship a bunch of clothing to Mexico, he could end up paying more in customs duties than the clothing is worth.
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