CUSTOMS SERVICE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Customs Service mean? 

• CUSTOMS SERVICE (noun)
  The noun CUSTOMS SERVICE has 1 sense:

1. the agency of the Treasury Department that enforces import tariffs

  Familiarity information: CUSTOMS SERVICE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUSTOMS SERVICE (noun)

Meaning:

The agency of the Treasury Department that enforces import tariffs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Bureau of Customs; Customs Bureau; Customs Service; USCB

Hypernyms ("Customs Service" is a kind of...):

agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)

Holonyms ("Customs Service" is a part of...):

Department of the Treasury; Treasury; Treasury Department; United States Treasury (the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789)