customs

/ˈkʌstəmz/noun

Taxes that a government charges on goods brought into or out of a country.

Example sentence

“We had to pay customs on the electronics we brought home from abroad.”

Always plural in this sense, and also the name of the airport checkpoint itself: 'going through customs'.

Related words

departureThe act of leaving, or a person or thing that has left.borderThe dividing line or zone between two countries or areas.arrivalThe act of reaching a place, especially at the end of a journey.destinationThe place someone is traveling to, or where something is being sent.itineraryA planned list of the places you will visit and things you will do on a trip.souvenirSomething kept or given as a reminder of a place you visited or an event you attended.