noun. A governmental building or office where customs are collected and ships are cleared for entering or leaving the country.

noun. A governmental office located at a point of exportation and importation, as a seaport, for the collection of customs, the clearance of vessels, etc.

noun. The whole governmental establishment by means of which the customs revenue is collected and its regulations are enforced.

noun. The building where customs and duties are paid, and where vessels are entered or cleared.

noun. an agent who acts for merchants in the business of entering and clearing goods and vessels.

noun. Alternative spelling of custom house.

noun. a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country

"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."

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