Tailor-make

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To customize or create specifically to meet the requirements of an individual.

    "Financial services software providers enable a customer to more or less constantly tailor-make his or her banking services."

  2. 2
    make to specifications wordnet
  3. 3
    To make (clothes) by a tailor.

    "The employee was unable to fit into the largest size, and the arbitrator held that it was not reasonable for the company to be required to tailor-make each costume or uniform."

  4. 4
    create (clothes) with cloth wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
custom-makecustomisecustomizesewtailor

Example

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"Financial services software providers enable a customer to more or less constantly tailor-make his or her banking services."

Etymology

Back formation from tailor-made.

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