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‖ dustoor East Ind.|dʌˈstʊə(r)|
Also 8 dastoor, 9 dustour.
[Pers. and Urdū dastūr custom, privilege, perquisite.]
a. Custom, usage, fashion.
b. Customary commission; = dustoory.
1680Fort St. Geo. Cons. 2 Dec. in Notes & Extracts ii. 61 (Y. Supp.) [To] be content with the Dustoor..of a quarter anna in the rupee, which the merchants and weavers are to allow them. 1785in Seton-Karr Sel. fr. Calcutta Gaz. I. 130 (Y.) No Commission, Brokerage, or Dustoor is charged by the Bank, or permitted to be taken by any Agent or Servant employed by them. 1887J. C. Fife-Cookson Tiger Shooting 14 A handsome profit in commission which is called in Hindustani, ‘dustour’, literally meaning ‘that which is customary’. 1888J. Inglis Tent Life Tigerland 57 The claims of custom, the tyranny of dustoor. 1909M. Diver Candles in Wind viii, It was dastur; and there was no more to be said. 1926Blackw. Mag. June 756/1 It was his custom—dastur—respected by his people and the British Resident. |