DUTY
Definition:
- [noun] work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons; "the duties of the job"
- [noun] the social force that binds you to your obligations and the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr
Synonyms: responsibility, obligation
- [noun] a government tax on imports or exports; "they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries"
Synonyms: tariff
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Related Words:
- job, task, chore
- function, office, part, role
- assignment, duty assignment
- job
- guardianship, keeping, safekeeping
- moral obligation
- noblesse oblige
- burden of proof
- civic duty, civic responsibility
- filial duty
- imperative
- incumbency
- legal duty
- line of duty
- white man's burden
- prerequisite, requirement
- requirement, demand
- customs, customs duty, custom, impost
- tonnage, tunnage, tonnage duty
- octroi
- revenue tariff
- protective tariff
- import duty
- export duty
- countervailing duty
