Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
CUSTOM
custom, custom-made
(adjective) made according to the specifications of an individual
custom, usage, usance
(noun) accepted or habitual practice
custom
(noun) habitual patronage; “I have given this tailor my custom for many years”
custom, tradition
(noun) a specific practice of long standing
customs, customs duty, custom, impost
(noun) money collected under a tariff
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
custom (countable and uncountable, plural customs)
Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.
Traditional beliefs or rituals
(UK) Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, factory, etc, for making purchases or giving orders; business support.
(legal) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription.
(obsolete) Familiar acquaintance; familiarity.
(archaic, uncountable) toll, tax, or tribute.
Synonyms
• fashion
• habit
• wone
• practice
• usage
• wont
Adjective
custom (not comparable)
Created under particular specifications, specially to fit one's needs: specialized, unique, custom-made
Own, personal, not standard or premade
(archaic) accustomed; usual
Verb
custom (third-person singular simple present customs, present participle customing, simple past and past participle customed)
(obsolete, transitive) To make familiar; to accustom.
(obsolete, transitive) To supply with customers.
(obsolete, transitive) To pay the customs of.
(obsolete, intransitive) To have a custom.
Source: Wiktionary
Cus"tom (ks"tm), n. Etym: [OF. custume, costume, Anglo-Norman coustome, F. coutume, fr. (assumed) LL. consuetumen custom, habit, fr. L. consuetudo, -dinis, fr. consuescere to accustom, verb inchoative fr. consuere to be accustomed; con- + suere to be accustomed, prosuus one's own; akin to E. so, adv. Cf. Consuetude, Costume.]
1. Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living. And teach customs which are not lawful. Acts xvi. 21. Moved beyong his custom, Gama said. Tennyson. A custom More honored in the breach than the observance. Shak.
2. Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support. Let him have your custom, but not your votes. Addison.
3. (Law)
Definition: Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription.
Note: Usage is a fact. Custom is a law. There can be no custom without usage, though there may be usage without custom. Wharton.
4. Familiar aquaintance; familiarity. [Obs.] Age can not wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety. Shak. Custom of merchants, a system or code of customs by which affairs of commerce are regulated.
– General customs, those which extend over a state or kingdom.
– Particular customs, those which are limited to a city or district; as, the customs of London.
Syn.
– Practice; fashion. See Habit, and Usage.
Cus"tom, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OF. costumer. Cf. Accustom.]
1. To make familiar; to accustom. [Obs.] Gray.
2. To supply with customers. [Obs.] Bacon.
Cus"tom, v. i.
Definition: To have a custom. [Obs.] On a bridge he custometh to fight. Spenser.
Cus"tom, n. Etym: [OF. coustume, F. coutume, tax, i. e., the usual tax. See 1st Custom.]
Definition: 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.
Definition: Duties or tolls imposed by law on commodities, imported or exported.
Cus"tom, v. t.
Definition: To pay the customs of. [Obs.] Marlowe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
24 November 2024
CUNT
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
Coffee Trivia
