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custody n. 1 care, custodianship, safe keeping, protection, charge,<br />

guardianship, keeping: She was granted custody of the children.<br />

2 imprisonment, detention, incarceration, confinement: The<br />

police took three troublemakers into custody.<br />

custom n. 1 practice, habit, usage, fashion, way, wont, tradition,<br />

routine, convention, form: According to custom, the warriors of<br />

the tribe paint their bodies. 2 customs. toll, duty, impost,<br />

tax, excise, levy, dues, tariff: He was assigned to collect<br />

customs and port duties. 3 patronage, support, business, trade:<br />

The new butcher needs as much custom as possible.<br />

--adv. 4 specially, especially, expressly, exclusively,<br />

particularly; to order: All her clothes are custom-made.<br />

customary adj. 1 usual, normal, conventional, routine, everyday, common,<br />

commonplace, ordinary: Is it customary for them to eat lunch on<br />

the premises? 2 accustomed, habitual, regular, traditional,<br />

wonted: I took the customary way home.<br />

customer n. 1 client, patron, buyer, purchaser; consumer: Mrs Morris is<br />

one of our regular customers. 2 chap, fellow, character,<br />

person, guy, Colloq Brit bloke: She would never go out with an<br />

ugly customer like that.<br />

cut v. 1 gash, slash, slit; open: I cut my finger on the glass. 2<br />

slice, cut off, carve: Please cut me a thick piece of steak. 3<br />

Often, cut up. hurt, wound, pain, upset, grieve, distress,<br />

aggrieve, slight, insult, offend, affront: I was really all cut<br />

up by her nasty remarks. 4 trim, snip, lop, clip, crop,<br />

shorten, shear, chop off; mow; dock: The barber has cut too<br />

much off the sides. 5 abbreviate, shorten, crop, condense,<br />

abridge, edit, cut back, reduce, cut down; epitomize, abstract,<br />

digest, summarize, curtail: Cut this script to make it fit into<br />

the allotted time. 6 dilute, thin, water (down), weaken;<br />

degrade, adulterate: They cut the rum with water to make grog.<br />

7 avoid, fail to attend, eschew: Cynthia cut classes three days<br />

this week. 8 lower, reduce, lessen, cut back (on), cut down<br />

(on), slash, diminish, decrease, retrench (on), curtail: We<br />

shall have to cut expenses if the company is to survive. 9<br />

conclude, settle, agree: Once the deal was cut, there was no<br />

going back on it. 10 prepare, draw, write, sign: We'll have

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