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duty
has definitions from the fields of sociology,government
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[ noun ] work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons
Examples : "the duties of the job" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)Four additional deputies be employed at the Fulton_County_Jail and `` a doctor , medical_intern or extern be employed for night and weekend duty at the jail '' . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (sociology) the social force that binds you to your obligations and the courses of action demanded by that force
Synonyms Examples : "we must instill a sense of duty in our children" "every right implies a responsibility"- John D.Rockefeller Jr Used in print (Philip Reaves, "Who Rules the Marriage Bed?"...)Left alone while her husband was miles away in the city , the modern wife assumed more and more duties normally reserved for the male . (The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)Since then , many Protestant_denominations have made separate pronouncements , in which they not_only approved birth_control , but declared it at_times to be a religious duty . An action once universally condemned by all Christian_churches and forbidden by the civil_law is now not_only approved by the overwhelming majority of Protestant_denominations , but also deemed , at certain times , to be a positive religious duty . (Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)I let_up on the accelerator , only to gradually reach again the 60 m._p._h. which would , I hoped , overhaul Herry and the blonde , and as there were cars whose drivers apparently had something more important to catch than had I , Mrs._Major_Roebuck settled_down to practicing on Corporal_Johnson the kittenish wiles she would need when making her duty call on Colonel and Mrs. Somebody in Sante_Fe . (Vina Delmar, The Big Family....)Those named in the Greek paper were manufacturing reasons to steal aft under pretence of some call of duty , so_as to be near Spencer , watching an opportunity to communicate with him . |
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[ noun ] (government) a government tax on imports or exports
Synonyms Examples "they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries" Used in print (John Harnsberger and Robert P. Wilkins,...)In June 1845 , the Governor and Council of Assiniboia imposed a 20 per_cent duty on imports via Hudson's_Bay which were viewed_as aimed at the `` very vitals of the Company 's trade and power '' . This trade was subject to a tariff of 7.5 per_cent after February 1835 , but much was smuggled into Assiniboia with the result that the duty was reduced by 1841 to 4 per_cent on the initiative of the London committee . |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 5277
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