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CUSTOMS BUREAU
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The agency of the Treasury Department that enforces import tariffs
Synonyms:
Bureau of Customs; Customs Bureau; Customs Service; USCB
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Customs Bureau" is a kind of...):
agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)
Holonyms ("Customs Bureau" 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)
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