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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