Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
OF. custume, costume, Anglo-Norman coustome, F. coutume, fr. (assumed) LL. consuetumen, custom, habit, fr. L. consuetudo, -dinis, fr. consuescere, to accustom, verb inchoative fr. consuere, to be accustomed; con-, + suere, to be accustomed, prob. originally, to make one's own, fr. the root of suus, one's own; akin to E. so, adv. Cf. Consuetude Costume
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
O. Fr. custume, costume—L. consuetud-inem, consuescĕre, to accustom.
In literature:
There should be no favorites among customers.
"How Department Stores Are Carried On" by W. B. Phillips
It is my custom to risk a good deal sometimes by uttering thoughts which my friends are free to disown.
"Aliens" by William McFee
These show an early custom of obtaining wives.
"Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2" by Various
It was the custom of this aristocratic club every year to elect some reigning beauty as a toast.
"Old and New London" by Walter Thornbury
It is on the evidence of licentious customs of all kinds and on polyandry, that he bases his belief in a period of promiscuity.
"The Position of Woman in Primitive Society" by C. Gasquoine Hartley
Customers like to know the fellows who are looking after their money.
"A Canadian Bankclerk" by J. P. Buschlen
One day one of the customers called at the shop in a great hurry, and desired his bill might be made out that minute.
"The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales" by Hannah More
From the kitchen floated an odor of piquant sauces and smoky wood which made many of the customers cough and weep.
"Sónnica" by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
In his manner of living he did not consult custom, but the needs of his individual nature.
"The Intellectual Life" by =Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Much doubt exists as to the origin of this custom.
"Folk-lore of Shakespeare" by Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer
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In poetry:
I MARKED her ruined hues,
Her custom-straitened views,
And asked, "Can there indwell
My Amabel?"
"Amabel" by Thomas Hardy
Caleb went, as was his custom,
On a quiet Sunday morn,
To the house of prayer and worship,
Thither by devotion borne.
"Caleb's Vision" by Alfred Gibbs Campbell
But smiles, as by habit taught;
And sighs, as by custom led;
And the soul within is safe from damnation,
Since it is dead.
"At Ease" by Walter de la Mare
Sing then a song, its notes prolong,
In praise of Habit's power;
Let custom be from evil free
And it will blessings shower.
"Good Habits" by Jared Barhite
For saddletree scarce reach’d had he,
His journey to begin,
When, turning round his head, he saw
Three customers come in.
"The Diverting History Of John Gilpin, Showing How He Went Farther Than He Intended, And Came Safe Ho" by William Cowper
The changes all around him,
The homely customs fled;
Of his long past youth and manhood,
Of his friends with the lonely dead?
"We Danced At Night In The Farm House" by Alexander Anderson
In news:
Wheel fitment is one of those lesser-appreciated aspects of the whip game, but proper fitment can make the difference between a good custom car and a great custom car.
Allstate spokesman Tracy Owens said it was a difficult decision but the company needs to drop the customers to remain financially strong for all its customers.
The company serves 94.2 million retail customers, including 88.8 million retail postpaid customers.
A major new utility customer joined the customer list of Seattle-based EnergySavvy.
Following a strategic partnership, customer communications company Pitney Bowes entered the Point of Sale solutions market, opening card reader sales to current customers.
Frankly, notwithstanding the monetary award to the public customer as solely against Respondent CGMI — we seem to have two distinct victims: the public customer Perez and the stockbroker Estarella Sabater.
Based on the results of the survey, it sounds like the significant investments banks are making in customer analytics are paying off in their ability to target/customize.
Papers were filed in New York and New Jersey on Wednesday detailing how customers feel the fee is illegal because Time Warner failed to notify customers within 30 days of the fee 's application, according to the New York Daily News.
The system will allow the utility to monitor customer usage and allow customers to check their own usage in real time.
IBM is offering $4 billion in financing to help channel partners sell IBM products to their customers, the company said Thursday IBM also unveiled a mobile app it said would make it easier for partners to apply for customer financing .
As one staff member noted, it is not uncommon to see customers willing to pay off a 40-cent fine with a canned item that cost the customer anywhere from $2 to $3.
"North Carolina is our customer, and our goal is to fix the economy and try to make government as efficient and responsive to our customers and possible," McCrory said last week after he won.
The police report says the Walmart manager told police that a customer reported that he was flashed by a female customer.
Custom, G+T Custom Cabinets 402-291-5815.
The service, offered through Nov 15 to the bank's customers, is part of Wells Fargo's push to help educate and strengthen relationships with customers.
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In science:
Other scintillating crystal detectors can be easily customized in the various potential applications.
A CsI(Tl) Scintillating Crystal Detector for the Studies of Low Energy Neutrino Interactions
A in Eq. (1) making it possible to customize the rule.
Simple Divisibility Rules for the 1st 1000 Prime Numbers
The formal description of the proposed data model supplies a basis for building custom, problem-oriented, as well as generic solutions for data retrieval and processing.
Using Tree Automata and Regular Expressions to Manipulate Hierarchically Structured Data
Initially there are infinitely many customers in the first queue and the other queues are all empty.
A path-transformation for random walks and the Robinson-Schensted correspondence
At each time n, if xi (n + 1)− xi (n) = 1 (or, equivalently, an = i) there is a ‘service event’ at the ith queue; if this queue is not empty a customer departs from it and, if i < k , joins the (i + 1)th queue.
A path-transformation for random walks and the Robinson-Schensted correspondence
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