duty

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♦♦ duty /dj'uːti, AM d'uːti/ (duties)
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Duty is work that you have to do for your job.
Staff must report for duty at their normal place of work...
My duty is to look after the animals.
2 [N-PLURAL]
Your duties are tasks which you have to do because they are part of your job.
I carried out my duties conscientiously...
3 [N-SING] oft with poss
If you say that something is your duty, you believe that you ought to do it because it is your responsibility.
I consider it my duty to write to you and thank you.
4 [N-VAR]
Duties are taxes which you pay to the government on goods that you buy.
Import duties still average 30%.
...customs duties...
5 [PHRASE] PHR after v, v-link PHR
If someone such as a policeman or a nurse is off duty, they are not working. If someone is on duty, they are working.
I'm off duty...
Extra staff had been put on duty.ac|tive duty
[N-UNCOUNT] oft on N
Active duty means the same as active service. (mainly AM)der|elic|tion of duty
[N-UNCOUNT]
Dereliction of duty is deliberate or accidental failure to do what you should do as part of your job. (FORMAL)
He pleaded guilty to wilful dereliction of duty.
= negligencestamp duty
[N-UNCOUNT]
In Britain, stamp duty is a tax that you pay to the government when you buy a house.

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