Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A governmental building or office where customs are collected and ships are cleared for entering or leaving the country.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A governmental office located at a point of exportation and importation, as a seaport, for the collection of customs, the clearance of vessels, etc.
- n. The whole governmental establishment by means of which the customs revenue is collected and its regulations are enforced.
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of custom house.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The building where customs and duties are paid, and where vessels are entered or cleared.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country
Examples
“There used to be, and belike is yet, a custom, in all maritime places which have a port, that all merchants who come thither with merchandise, having unloaded it, should carry it all into a warehouse, which is in many places called a customhouse, kept by the commonality or by the lord of the place.”
“From this another conclusion may be draw, namely, that the sorry soldier of Mexico is not altogether amiable and is prone to be nasty and dangerous to the American boys who have crossed the sea to take "peaceable" possession of a customhouse.”
“He was owed a decent retirement, given his exceptional service: the dozen years affixing wool subsidies in the aromatic customhouse earned the court more than most customs officers earned in a lifetime.”
“Biographical Information: Lena Schleindlinger was the first woman customhouse broker in Philadelphia.”
“By 1765 it had a customhouse and traded regularly with the West Indies.”
““Ah yes, the customhouse traffic must be very great,” nodded Déprez.”
“After reporting to Helm, Nathaniel Gordon obtained clearance from the Spanish customhouse.22 He appeared before Helm again on April 7, and requested his papers.”
“As he was about to set off on a slaving expedition in 1859, he mentioned to his brother—a customhouse official—the nature of his voyage.”
“The vessel had been seized in New York Harbor by a federal revenue cutter shortly after having been approved for sailing by the customhouse.”
“The letter informed him that the Spanish customhouse had indeed given permission “of the said ship, notwithstanding there is a suspicion that she may be going with the object of conveying an expedition of negroes.””
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