customs
/ˈkʌstəmz/noun
उच्चारण कस्टम्ज़
सीमा-शुल्क विभाग, कस्टम्स
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[pl.]
the place at a port or an airport where your bags are checked as you come into a country; the government department that collects taxes on goods brought into the country
सीमा-शुल्क विभाग, कस्टम्स
- go through customs
- customs duty
- We had to wait at customs for about an hour after landing.
+ 2 more examples
- Customs officers found illegal goods in his bag.
- Ask the customs office about the duty on foreign watches.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
customs (uncountable, plural form)
In the sense of border control, customs takes a singular verb and has no article in the phrase go through customs.
सीमा-शुल्क विभाग के अर्थ में 'customs' के साथ singular verb आती है और 'go through customs' में article नहीं लगता।
- Customs is strict at the airport.
- We went through customs in ten minutes.
customs + officer / duty / declaration
Customs often works as the first word in compound nouns about tax and baggage checks.
'Customs' कर और सामान की जाँच से जुड़े compound nouns में प्रायः पहला शब्द होता है।
- A customs officer opened the bag.
- You must pay customs duty on gold above the limit.
customs (plural of custom)
As the plural of custom, customs means traditional ways of doing things in a community, and it takes a plural verb.
Custom के बहुवचन के रूप में 'customs' समाज की परंपराओं को बताता है और इसके साथ plural verb आती है।
- Marriage customs differ from state to state.
- Local customs are respected in this village.
at / through customs
Use at customs for the place where you wait and through customs for passing the checks.
प्रतीक्षा के स्थान के लिए 'at customs' और जाँच पार करने के लिए 'through customs' आता है।
- Radhika waited at customs for her luggage.
- Nobody can walk through customs without a passport.
+Collocations 5
customs + noun
officerdutydeclarationclearancecheck
- He filled in the customs declaration on the plane.
verb + customs
cleargo throughpass throughdeclare tobe stopped by
- She cleared customs quickly with only one bag.
customs + goods
goldelectronicsliquorcashmedicines
- Customs officers seized undeclared gold.
adjective + customs (traditions)
localancientreligioussocialwedding
- Tourists should respect local customs in temples.
customs + union / area
unionzoneposthouse
- The customs house stands beside the harbour.
“More examples 5
- The customs officer asked him to open the suitcase.
सीमा-शुल्क अधिकारी ने उसे सूटकेस खोलने को कहा।
- Customs seized smuggled mobile phones at the Mumbai airport.
सीमा-शुल्क विभाग ने मुंबई हवाई अड्डे पर तस्करी के मोबाइल फ़ोन ज़ब्त किए।
- Customs and traditions change slowly in the villages.
गाँवों में रीति-रिवाज और परंपराएँ धीरे-धीरे बदलती हैं।
- The family cleared customs in Delhi at midnight.
परिवार ने आधी रात को दिल्ली में सीमा-शुल्क जाँच पूरी की।
- Goods worth ten lakh rupees were stuck in customs for a week.
दस लाख रुपये का सामान एक सप्ताह तक सीमा-शुल्क में अटका रहा।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ We are going to pass the customs.
✓ We are going to go through customs.
Pass has the sense of overtake or succeed; use go through or clear customs.
'Pass' का अर्थ आगे निकलना या सफल होना है; customs के लिए go through या clear का प्रयोग करें।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These words all name rules or checks at a border, but they differ in what is controlled.
ये शब्द सीमा पर नियमों या जाँचों के नाम हैं, पर जिस चीज़ पर नियंत्रण होता है वह अलग है।
The place or department that checks goods and collects tax at a border.
वह स्थान या विभाग जो सीमा पर सामान की जाँच करता और कर वसूलता है।
- Customs stopped the parcel.
The control of people, not goods, entering a country.
किसी देश में आने वाले लोगों का नियंत्रण, सामान का नहीं।
- Immigration checked her visa.
The tax itself that is paid on imported goods.
आयातित सामान पर दिया जाने वाला कर।
- He paid duty on the watch.
◇Word family
?Which word?
Keep the tax words together: customs (on imports), excise (on goods made inside the country), tariff (a list of taxes on imports), GST.
कर के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: customs (आयात पर), excise (देश में बनी वस्तुओं पर), tariff (आयात करों की सूची), GST।
§Grammar and usage
Usage: customs (always plural in this meaning) is a separate word from custom (a tradition: 'the custom of touching elders' feet').
प्रयोग में customs (इस अर्थ में सदा plural) custom (परंपरा: 'the custom of touching elders' feet') से अलग शब्द है।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Customs duty (tax on imported goods), customs officer, clear customs.
Collocations: customs duty (आयातित सामान पर कर), customs officer, clear customs।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Customs duty is a central tax levied by the Union government under the Customs Act, 1962; the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) manages it.
सीमा-शुल्क Customs Act, 1962 के तहत केंद्र सरकार द्वारा लगाया जाने वाला कर है; केंद्रीय अप्रत्यक्ष कर और सीमा-शुल्क बोर्ड (CBIC) इसका प्रबंधन करता है।