Meaning of duty | Babel Free

Definitions

1. That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.
   countable, uncountable
2. to owe
3. A surname.
4. must, to need to, to have to (rarely used in the conditional with this meaning)
5. The state of being at work and responsible for or doing a particular task.
   uncountable
6. Obliged: You are duty bound to help your little sister and brother.
7. should, to ought to, to be supposed to, to be to
8. Not engaged in or responsible for assigned work.
9. A tax placed on imports or exports; a tariff.
   countable
10. should have (in the preterite; having haber follow "deber" is optional and not required)
11. Engaged in or responsible for assigned work.
12. One's due, something one is owed; a debt or fee.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
13. shall
14. (of goods) on which tax is to be paid. belasbaar خاضِع للضَّريبَه обмитяем sujeito a imposto podléhající clu zollpflichtig afgiftsbelagt φορολογήσιμος sujeto a derechos de aduana tollialune مشمول مالیات tullattava taxable חָיַב בְמֶכֶס शुल्क-युक्त koji podliježe plaćanju poreza vámköteles (áru) dikenai pajak tollskyldur tassabile 課税される 관세가 부과되는 apmuitinamas (par precēm) muitojams boleh dikenakan cukai belastbaar toll-/avgiftspliktig podlegający ocleniu ماليات پورى مربوط sujeito a imposto impo...
15. Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
16. (negative undutiful) careful to do what one should. a dutiful daughter. pligsgetroue مُطيع ، مُمْتَثِل للواجِب покорен cumpridor poslušný, svědomitý pflichtgetreu pligtopfyldende ευσυνείδητοςobediente kohusetundlik وظیفه شناس velvollisuudentuntoinen respectueux מְמָלֵא חוֹבָתוֹ कर्तव्यनिष्ठ poslušan, pokoran kötelességtudó patuh skyldurækinn obbediente 忠実な 충실한 pareigingas apzinīgs; paklausīgs patuh plichtsgetrouwpliktoppfyllende, lydigsumienny وظيفه پيژندونكى cumpridor supus; respectuos послу...
    negative
17. The efficiency of an engine in work done per unit of fuel; particularly, the number of pounds of water which a steam pumping engine can raise one foot by burning one bushel or hundredweight of coal.
    countable, uncountable
18. free from tax. duty-free wines. belastingvry بِدون ضَريبَه، مَعْفي من الضَّريبَه безмитен isento de imposto prostý cla zollfrei afgiftsfri αφορολόγητος, αδασμολόγητος libre de impuestos tollivaba معاف از مالیات veroton hors-taxe לְלֹא מֶכֶס नि:शुल्क oslobođen carine vámmentes bebas pajak tollfrjáls esente da dazio, duty-free 免税の 면세의 neapmuitinamas, be muito (par preci) nemuitojams bebas cukai belastingvrij toll-/avgiftsfri wolny od cła له مالياتو څخه معاف isento de taxa duty-free, scutit de t...
19. The act of urination or defecation, especially for a dog.
    countable, euphemistic, uncountable
20. She spends her off-duty hours at home. af diens, van diens af خارِج الوَظيفَه، في غَيْر أوْقات العَمَل не на работа de folga mimo službu dienstfrei have fri; fri- ελεύθερος υπηρεσίας no estar de guardia teenistusvaba فارغ از کار vapaalla qui n'est pas de garde, libre לֹא בְתָפקִיד ड्यूटी समाप्त izvan službe, slobodan szolgálaton kívül libur frítími, ekki við vinnu fuori servizio 非番で 비번의 laisvas, neturintis būti tarnyboje brīvs no darba pienākumiem bercuti niet van dienst fri po służbie, wolny...
    She spends her off-duty hours at home
21. carrying out one's duties or liable to be asked to do so during a certain period. I'm on duty again this evening. aan diens في الخِدْمَه، في أوقات العَمَل на работа de serviço ve službě Dienst haben på arbejde; have vagt σε υπηρεσία estar de guardia, estar de servicio ametis سر کار töissä de garde, de service בְּתוֹרָנוּת ड्यूटी पर, के समय u službi, dežuran szolgálatban bertugas að vera á vakt eða við vinnu in servizio 勤務中で 근무 중 budintis dežurēt bertugas van dienst på vakt, i tjeneste na służ...
22. deber, obligación; [tax] impuesto;on ___ → de guardia.
23. An act or a course of action that is required of one by position, social custom, law, or religion: the duties of being a critical care nurse.

Equivalents

Examples

“Do your duty by me! -No, we don't have a duty to keep you abreast.”

“1805, 21 October, Horatio Nelson England expects that every man will do his duty.”

“Captain Edward Carlisle[…]felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze,[…]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.”

“Charles had not been employed above six months at Darracott Place, but he was not such a whopstraw as to make the least noise in the performance of his duties when his lordship was out of humour.”

“British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.”

“I’m on duty from 6 pm to 6 am.”

“customs duty; excise duty”

“Take that which is thy duty, and goo thy waye.”

“my duty to you”

“It [the letter] was written with a plain, unaffected, homely piety that I knew to be genuine, and ended with ‘my duty to my ever darling’—meaning myself.”

“The basic idea in housebreaking is not to wait until the puppy sins and then punish him; it is to call nature to your aid and thus make it easy for him to do his duty.”

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