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noun. An act or a course of action that is required of one by position, social custom, law, or religion.

noun. Required action or service: synonym: function.

noun. Active military service.

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noun. Moral or legal obligation.

noun. The compulsion felt to meet such obligation.

noun. A tax charged by a government, especially on imports.

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noun. The application of something for a purpose; use.

noun. A measure of efficiency expressed as the amount of work done per unit of energy used.

noun. The total volume of water required to irrigate a given area in order to cultivate a specific crop until harvest.

idiom. (duty bound) Obliged.

idiom. (off duty) Not engaged in or responsible for assigned work.

idiom. (on duty) Engaged in or responsible for assigned work.

noun. Obligatory service; that which ought to be done; that which one is bound by natural, moral, or legal obligation to do or perform.

noun. The obligation to do something; the binding or obligatory force of that which is morally right: as, when duty calls, one must obey.

noun. Due obedience; submission; compliant or obedient service.

noun. A feeling of obligation, or an act manifesting such feeling; an expression of submissive deference or respectful consideration.

noun. Any requisite procedure, service, business, or office; that which one ought to do; particularly, any stated service or function: as, the duties of one's station in life; to go or be on duty; the regiment did duty in Flanders.

noun. In mech., the number of foot-pounds of work done per bushel or per hundredweight of fuel consumed: as, the duty of a steam-engine.

noun. That which is due; an obligation; compensation; dues.

noun. A tax or impost; excise or customs dues; the sum of money levied by a government upon certain articles, specifically on articles imported or exported: as, the stamp duty of Great Britain; the legacy duty; the duties on sugar; ad valorem and specific duties.

noun. That which is due; payment.

noun. That which a person is bound by moral obligation to do, or refrain from doing; that which one ought to do; service morally obligatory.

noun. Hence, any assigned service or business

noun. Specifically, obedience or submission due to parents and superiors.

noun. Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.

noun. The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States).

noun. Tax, toll, impost, or customs; excise; any sum of money required by government to be paid on the importation, exportation, or consumption of goods.

noun. a duty which is graded according to the cost, or market value, of the article taxed. See Ad valorem.

noun. a duty of a specific sum assessed on an article without reference to its value or market.

noun. actually engaged in the performance of one's assigned task.

noun. That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.

noun. A period of time spent at work or doing a particular task.

noun. describing a workload as to its idle, working and de-energized periods.

noun. A tax placed on imports or exports; a tariff.

noun. One's due, something one is owed; a debt or fee.

noun. a government tax on imports or exports

noun. the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force

noun. work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons

"Ross thinks that duty proper, as he calls it, is a quite different sort of thing from a prima facie duty; the notion of ˜duty™ in ˜prima facie duty™ is a different notion from that in ˜duty proper™."

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