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duty
[doo-tee, dyoo-]
noun
plural
dutiessomething that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.
the binding or obligatory force of something that is morally or legally right; moral or legal obligation.
an action or task required by a person's position or occupation; function.
the duties of a clergyman.
Synonyms: , ,the respectful and obedient conduct due a parent, superior, elder, etc.
Synonyms: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,an act or expression of respect.
a task or chore that a person is expected to perform.
It's your duty to do the dishes.
Military.
an assigned task, occupation, or place of service.
He was on radar duty for two years.
the military service required of a citizen by a country.
After graduation, he began his duty.
Commerce.a specific or ad valorem tax imposed by law on the import or export of goods.
a payment, service, etc., imposed and enforceable by law or custom.
Chiefly British.tax.
income duty.
Machinery.
the amount of work done by an engine per unit amount of fuel consumed.
the measure of effectiveness of any machine.
Agriculture.the amount of water necessary to provide for the crop in a given area.
Baby Talk.bowel movement.
duty
/ ˈːɪ /
noun
a task or action that a person is bound to perform for moral or legal reasons
respect or obedience due to a superior, older persons, etc
filial duty
the force that binds one morally or legally to one's obligations
a government tax, esp on imports
the quantity or intensity of work for which a machine is designed
a measure of the efficiency of a machine
the quantity of water necessary to irrigate an area of land to grow a particular crop
a job or service allocated
( as modifier )
duty rota
to act as a substitute for
not at work
at work
duty
A tax charged by a government, especially on an import.
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of duty1
Idioms and Phrases
on duty, at one's post or work; occupied; engaged.
He was suspended from the force for being drunk while on duty.
do duty, to serve the same function; substitute for.
bookcases that do duty as room dividers.
off duty, not at one's post or work; at liberty.
They spent their days off duty in hiking and fishing.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
He had me in mind to play a doctor in a rural town torn between her duty to help her patient and the imperative to obey restrictive new laws.
In January Johnny Herbert was dropped by the FIA, which said his "duties as an FIA steward and that of a media pundit were incompatible".
He added Dighton had wanted to make a statement that the government had failed in its duties to uphold law and order and his attack had involved "significant planning" with the intent of "serious violence".
Lady Hood found that neither of the governments had failed to exercise their duties under the Equality Act 2010 and neither was under a duty to consult.
Real Madrid has already played 62 games in the last 43 weeks, for example — and that doesn’t include international duty for players such as Kylian Mbappe, who played 13 times for France since last June.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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