noun phrase · neutral
customs declaration
/ˈkʌstəmz ˌdek.ləˈreɪ.ʃən/CUS·toms de·CLA·ra·tion
Band 5-6speakingtask2
a form stating goods or money you are bringing into or out of a country, for customs control
Examples
“fill in a customs declaration”
“declare goods on the customs declaration form”
“complete the customs declaration on arrival”
Band 8 sentence
“Upon arrival we completed the customs declaration and declared the cash over the permitted limit.”
Collocations
- fill out a customs declaration
- declare items on the customs declaration
Word family
customs noundeclaration noun
Common mistakes
custom declaration→customs declaration
a customs declarations→a customs declaration
Say it for a higher band
5custom declaration→6customs form→7+customs declaration
Synonyms
declaration form
Easily confused
customs form
“Passengers must complete a customs form before entering the country.”
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