I paid $4 in customs on the $100 Swiss watch.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
customhouse — cus•tom•house [[t]ˈkʌs təmˌhaʊs[/t]] also cus′toms•house n. pl. hous•es [[t] ˌhaʊ zɪz[/t]] gov a government building or office, as at a seaport, for collecting customs, clearing vessels, etc • Etymology: 1480–90 … From formal English to slang
customshouse — cus·toms·house (kŭsʹtəmz hous ) n. Variant of customhouse. * * * … Universalium
customs — cus|toms [ kʌstəmz ] noun plural * a government department that collects taxes on goods that people bring into a country a. the place at a port, airport, or border where officials check that the goods that people are bringing into a country are… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
customhouse — [kus′təm hous΄] n. a building or office where customs or duties are paid and ships are cleared for entering or leaving: also customshouse * * * cus·tom·house (kŭsʹtəm hous ) also cus·toms·house ( təmz ) n. A governmental building or office where… … Universalium
Montaigne, Michel de — (1533 1592) French moral philoso pher and author, commonly regarded as the inventor of the personal essay as a literary genre. His father was a wealthy lawyer who had risen to the minor nobility. The father was himself attracted to classi cal… … Historical Dictionary of Renaissance
BOLKESTEIN, Frits (Frederik) — (1933– ) Politician and intel lectual. After his various studies (mathematics, physics, philosophy, Greek, economy, law) in the United States, London, and Amster dam, Bolkestein started his career in the Shellcompany in 1960, and by 1976 rose… … Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands
Jews — Without the benefit of clairvoyance, one might have argued in the 1920s that the situation of Germany s Jews was that of complete and final arrival. Emancipated by Bismarck in the 1860s and 1870s, the Jews had weathered a bitter but contained… … Historical dictionary of Weimar Republik
London Conferences — (1921, 1924, 1931) Of the several meetings held in London during the Weimar era, three were of special import to Germany. The first, held 1 8 March 1921, was, claimed Moritz Julius Bonn,* a gigantic failure. The conferees aimed to formulate a… … Historical dictionary of Weimar Republik
Versailles Treaty — German opinion of the settlement that ended World War I was clear from the outset. The Saar* basin... Poland,* Silesia, Oppeln . . . 123 milliards to pay and for all that we are supposed to say Thank you very much, an embittered German… … Historical dictionary of Weimar Republik
Customs — Cus‧toms [ˈkʌstəmz] also customs noun [uncountable] ORGANIZATIONS 1. the government department responsible for collecting the tax on goods that have been brought into the country and making sure that illegal goods are not imported or exported: •… … Financial and business terms
