tailor-make

Verb

tailor-make (third-person singular simple present tailor-makes, present participle tailor-making, simple past and past participle tailor-made)

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.2001, Richard Normann, Reframing Business: When the Map Changes the Landscape, →ISBN
   • Rather than casting around in the dark, you can now tailor-make something from scratch with someone who knows exactly what is needed — and even better, who now has a vested interest in using the material.2004, Eric Beall, Susan Gedutis Lindsay, Making Music Make Money, →ISBN
2. 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.1997, Journal of Individual Employment Rights - Volume 6, page 105
   • In the tailor-making process, the tailor must take time to get all the exact measurements to ensure a proper fit.2003, Tara Keeling, Awesome Mysteries Beyond Heaven's Gate, →ISBN, page 86