CUSTOM-HOUSE

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Customhouse \Cus"tom*house"\ (-hous`), n.
     The building where customs and duties are paid, and where
     vessels are entered or cleared.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Customhouse broker}, an agent who acts for merchants in the


        business of entering and clearing goods and vessels.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  customhouse
       n : a government building where customs are collected and where
           ships are cleared to enter or leave the country [syn: {customshouse}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CUSTOM-HOUSE. A place appointed by law, in ports of entry, where importers 
  of goods, wares and merchandise are bound to enter the same, in order to pay 
  or secure the duties or customs due to the government.