Definitions for duty
duty
du·ty
Spelling: [doo-tee, dyoo-]
IPA: /ˈdu ti, ˈdyu-/
Duty is a 4 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.
You can make 23 anagrams from letters in duty (dtuy).
Definitions for duty
noun
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something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.
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the binding or obligatory force of something that is morally or legally right; moral or legal obligation.
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an action or task required by a person's position or occupation; function:
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the respectful and obedient conduct due a parent, superior, elder, etc.
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an act or expression of respect.
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a task or chore that a person is expected to perform:
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Military.
an assigned task, occupation, or place of service:
the military service required of a citizen by a country:
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Commerce. a specific or ad valorem tax imposed by law on the import or export of goods.
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a payment, service, etc., imposed and enforceable by law or custom.
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Chiefly British. tax:
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Machinery.
the amount of work done by an engine per unit amount of fuel consumed.
the measure of effectiveness of any machine.
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Agriculture. the amount of water necessary to provide for the crop in a given area.
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Baby Talk. bowel movement.
Idioms
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do duty, to serve the same function; substitute for:
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off duty, not at one's post or work; at liberty:
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on duty, at one's post or work; occupied; engaged:
Origin of duty
1250-1300; Middle English du(e)te Anglo-French duete. See due, -ty2
Examples for duty
She had her duty to perform, and she expected to be taken care of till it was done.
In his view, a writer has only one duty: to be present in his books.
Our duty is to make sure that they realize that the Prophet is not avenged.
Being under his care, it was his duty to keep it in good condition.
He hates to go, but he says it's his duty; the call is so loud.
Patrick Lynch, had said that De Blasio should stay away from the funerals of any police officers killed in the line of duty.
He disagrees, though, and says it is the duty of every person—men, especially—to speak up on this issue.
They knew they might see things that will disturb them, but could not deter them from their duty.
What the colony looked for was, that every man who went into the Council would do his duty.
Robert shrank from informing him, but he knew it to be his duty, and he was too brave to put it off.