duty

duty
n
1. obligation, function, business; responsibility, trust, office, charge, care; requirement, burden, onus, devoir; assignment, commission, chore, work, task, routine, job; engagement, occupation, service; mission, calling; part, role, bit.
2. deference, obedience, respect, homage, reverence; allegiance, fealty, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty.
3. tax, levy, tariff, charge, excise, custom, impost; dues, fee, toll, rate.
4. do duty
substitute for, stand in for, take the place of.
5. off duty
at liberty, free, off work, off, on vacation.
6. on duty
engaged, occupied, busy, at work, Sl. on the job, tied up.

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  • duty — ► NOUN (pl. duties) 1) a moral or legal obligation. 2) a task required as part of one s job. 3) a payment levied on the import, export, manufacture, or sale of goods. 4) Brit. a payment levied on the transfer of property, for licences, and for… …   English terms dictionary

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