English - English - duty

n. obligation; responsibility; customs tax

English - Spanish - duty

s. deber, faena, obligación, obligatoriedad, quehacer, responsabilidad, servicio; impuestos de aduana, arancel, derechos, derechos de aduana

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English - French - duty

n. devoir, droit; taxe

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English - German - duty

n. Pflicht; Steuer

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English - Indonesian - duty

n. kewajiban, wajib, darma, tugas, tanggung jawab, pajak, bea, cukai, biaya

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English - Italian - duty

s. dovere; obbligo morale; compito, mansione; rispetto, deferenza; doveri, ossequi; (Comm, Econ) dazio, imposta; (Mecc) rendimento di lavoro

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English - Polish - duty

n. obowiązek, powinność, asystowanie, funkcja, służba, dyżur, uszanowanie, cło, podatek, ciężar

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English - Portuguese - duty

s. responsabilidade, obrigação; imposto

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English - Romanian - duty

n. datorie, obligaţie, îndatorire, răspundere, responsabilitate, ocupaţie, slujbă, folosire, întrebuinţare, respect, taxă, taxe vamale, contribuţie, dare, impozit

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English - Russian - duty

с. долг, служебные обязанности, обязанность; дежурство, служба, повинность; почтение; гербовый сбор, налог, пошлина; производительность, мощность

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English - Turkish - duty

i. ödev, gümrük, hizmet, yükümlülük, görev, vergi, gümrük vergisi

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English - Ukrainian - duty

n. обов'язок, функція, відправа, військовий: військова повинність, зобов'язання, повинність, чергування

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English - Dutch - duty

zn. plicht; belasting

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English - Greek - duty

ουσ. καθήκο, χρέος, δασμός, βάρδια, φόρος

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English - Arabic - duty

‏واجب، مهمة، خدمة عسكرية، مسئولية، فريضة، الشغل المؤدى، خدمة‏

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English - ChineseS - duty

(名) 责任; 本分; 义务; 税

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English - ChineseT - duty

(名) 責任; 本分; 義務; 稅

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English - Hindi - duty

n. कर्त्तव्य, शुल्क, कर, कृत्य, खि़दमत, धर्म, चुंगी, पावंदी

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English - Japanese - duty

(名) 義務; 義理; 任務; 税

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English - Korean - duty

명. 의무, 임무; 책임; 관세

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English - Vietnamese - duty

n. vâng lời, phục tùng, tôn kính, kính trọng, bổn phận, nghỉa vụ, nhiệm vụ, thuế thương chánh, hiệu suất, chức vụ

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Definition of duty

Noun

1. That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.

We don't have a duty to keep you here.

2. A period of time spent at work or doing a particular task.

I’m on duty from 6 pm to 6 am.

3. Describing a workload as to its idle, working and de-energized periods.

4. A tax placed on imports or exports; a tariff, customs duty, excise duty.

5. One's due, something one is owed; a debt or fee.

6. Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.

7. The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States).