Custom House
noun[C]
GOVERNMENT,TAX,TRANSPORTukus(alsoCustoms House)agovernmentbuildingat aportwhere, in the past, thepapersforgoodsleavingorenteringacountrywerecheckedandtaxeswerepaid
单词 | Custom House |
释义 | Custom House noun[C] GOVERNMENT,TAX,TRANSPORTukus(alsoCustoms House)agovernmentbuildingat aportwhere, in the past, thepapersforgoodsleavingorenteringacountrywerecheckedandtaxeswerepaid ExamplesofCustom HouseCustom House Thecustomhousewas probably used as a guard room. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. By 1930, the city's increasing population warranted a new federal building to replace an existing post office andcustomhouse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It houses 120 freight forwarders and 80customhouseagents and can accommodate parking of nearly 80 trucks. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In 1628, it was moved back across the harbour where a newcustomhousehad been constructed on a filled site north of the city. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. City officials likely anticipated increased commerce and determined that a largercustomhousewas needed. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. No military action would be involved; it would simply be a blockade, though not technically a blockade, resting on thecustomhouseof each country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It originally functioned as a courthouse, post office, andcustomhouse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. For a brief time, the new building also served as acustomhouse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Thecustomhouseexisted at several locations over the years. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The most important arterial roads entered the city via drawbridges and gates; each of these locations additionally included acustomhouse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Thecustomhousewas typically located in a seaport or in a city on a major river with access to the ocean. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The crowd moved away from the immediate area of thecustomhouse, but continued to grow in nearby streets. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Guard posts were set up in the region to prevent people from slipping around thecustomhouse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They lived in intermistic, one-storey sheds which existed up until 1869 when thecustomhousewas expanded. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The entrance to the harbour was blocked with a barrier at night which marked the boundary between the northern and southerncustomhouseareas. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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