Custom

What “Custom” means

Noun

1. Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.
2. Habitual buying of goods from one same vendor.
3. Habitual buying of goods from one same vendor.
4. Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent. Compare prescription.
5. Traditional beliefs or rituals.

Adj

1. Made or done in a way adjusted to fit the needs of a particular person or group (e.g., customer, health care patient, do-it-yourselfer), and thus specialized and, in some cases, unique.
2. Own, personal, not standard or premade.
3. Done on a for-hire basis, as contrasted with being done only for oneself.
4. Accustomed; usual.

Verb

1. To make familiar; to accustom.
2. To supply with customers.
3. To pay the customs of.
4. To have a custom.

Where the word comes from

PIE word *ḱóm PIE word *swé From Middle English custume, borrowed from Anglo-Norman custume, inherited from Latin consuētūdinem, a noun derived from cōnsuēscō, from con- (“with”) + suēscō (“become used or accustomed to”). Displaced native Old English ġewuna and sidu. Doublet of costume, consuetude, and kastom. The adjectival form first appears c. 1830.

Business name ideas with “Custom”

Industries where “Custom” fits

We suggest this word for 4 business types and industries, including:

• Custom Architectural Woodwork and Millwork Manufacturing
• Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins
• Custom Computer Programming Services
• Custom Roll Forming