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| du·ty [ dtee ] (plural du·ties) |
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1. obligation: something that somebody is obliged to do for moral, legal, or religious reasons
  your duties as a parent
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2. need to meet obligations: the urge to meet moral or religious obligations
a strong sense of duty
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3. allocated task: a task or service allocated to somebody, especially in the course of work
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4. economics tax: a tax on goods, especially imports and exports
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5. quality: suitability for a particular grade of use
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usually used in combination
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heavy-duty shoes
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6. mechanical engineering machine's workload: the amount of work that a machine is designed to do, or a measure of a machine's efficiency
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7. agriculture volume of water for irrigation: the volume of water needed to irrigate an area of land in order to cultivate a crop from planting to harvest
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| [13th century. < Anglo-Norman dueté< Old French deu "owed" (see due)] |
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off duty not at workhyphenated before nouns
an off-duty police officer
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on duty at work
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