[uncountable] (especially BrE) the fact of being a customer惠顾；光顾◆They have cut their prices to attract custom.他们减价以吸引人们光顾。◆Thank you for your custom. Please call again.谢谢您的惠顾，请下次再来。 SYN business [countable, uncountable] an accepted way of behaving or of doing sth in a particular company or industry习惯；惯例◆The payment of a commission was a trade custom.支付佣金是行业惯例。◆It is the employer's custom and practice (= it has been done like this for so long it is now like a law) for full-time workers to work a 37-hour week.全职工人每周工作 37 小时是雇主的惯常做法。 HM Revenue and Customs