noun (plural duties)
1 [C,U] something that you feel you have to do because it is your moral or legal responsibility:
It is my duty to report it to the police. * Local councillors have a duty to serve the community. * I don't want you to visit me simply out of a sense of duty. * your duties as a parent * to do your duty for your country * I'll have to go I'm afraid-duty calls. * The company owes a duty of care to its customers.
2 [U] the work that is your job:
Report for duty at 8 a.m.
seealsoNIGHTDUTY
3 (duties) [pl.] tasks that are part of your job:
I spend a lot of my time on administrative duties. * Your duties will include setting up a new computer system.
seealsoHEAVY-DUTY
4 [C,U] ~ (on sth) a tax that you pay on things that you buy especially those that you bring into a country:
customs / excise / import duties * duty on wine and beer
seealsoDEATHDUTY, STAMPDUTY
IDIOMS
on / off duty (of nurses, police officers, etc.) working/not working at a particular time:
Who's on duty today? * What time do you go off duty?
seealsoOFF-DUTY
moreatBOUNDEN, LINEn.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for duty is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does duty appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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