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Duty
ˈdjuːti
Duty definitions
noun
duties
duty
- a moral or legal obligation; a responsibility
"it's my duty to uphold the law"
responsibility obligation commitment obedience allegiance loyalty faithfulness fidelity respect deference reverence homage- (of a visit or other undertaking) done from a sense of moral obligation rather than for pleasure
"a fifteen-minute duty visit"
- a task or action that one is required to perform as part of one's job
"the queen's official duties"
job task chore assignment commission mission function charge part place role concern requirement responsibility obligation- a person's responsibility for a specified task, usually one involving supervising someone or supplying something
"when he's on baby duty he usually lets his wife sleep in"
- military service
"combat duty in the army"
- (of a person) engaged in their regular work
"a duty nurse"
- performance of prescribed church services by a priest or minister
"he was willing to take Sunday duties"
- a payment levied on the import, export, manufacture, or sale of goods
"a 6 per cent duty on imports"
- a payment levied on the transfer of property, for licences, and for the legal recognition of documents
- the measure of an engine's effectiveness in units of work done per unit of fuel