duty

Alternative forms

 * dutie (obsolete)

Etymology
From, from ) + , (borrowed from from , accusative masculine singular of ). Equivalent to  +.

Noun

 * 1) That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.
 * 2) * 1805, 21 October,
 * England expects that every man will do his duty.
 * 1) The state of being at work and responsible for or doing a particular task.
 * 2) A tax placed on imports or exports; a tariff.
 * 3)  One's due, something one is owed; a debt or fee.
 * 4)  Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.
 * 5) 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).
 * 1) A tax placed on imports or exports; a tariff.
 * 2)  One's due, something one is owed; a debt or fee.
 * 3)  Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.
 * 4) 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).
 * 1)  Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.
 * 2) 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).
 * 1) 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).
 * 1) 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).
 * 1) 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).

Antonyms

 * (taxes)

Translations

 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: ,
 * Egyptian Arabic: واجب
 * Armenian: ,
 * Aromanian: dat
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Bashkir: бурыс
 * Belarusian: доўг,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Chuukese: wis
 * Crimean Tatar: vazife
 * Czech:
 * Danish: pligt
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: devo
 * Estonian: kohustus
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: მოვალეობა, ვალდებულება
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Irish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, , ,
 * Kazakh: борыш, парыз, міндет
 * Korean:, , ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latin: dēbitum,, , ,
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: pareiga
 * Low German: Plicht
 * Macedonian: должност
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: dmir
 * Maori: tiuti
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Occitan: ,
 * Old English: pleoh
 * Ottoman Turkish: اصر
 * Persian: ,
 * Plautdietsch: Flicht
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit: ,
 * Sardinian: dovère, òbrigu
 * Scottish Gaelic: còir
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ду́жно̄ст, задуже́ње
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: povinnosť
 * Slovene: dolžnost
 * Somali: waajib
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik:
 * Thai:, ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese: (任務),  (責任),  (職責),  (義務),  (職務)
 * Zazaki:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: van dienst
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: მორიგეობა, ცვლა, ვახტი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian: должност, смена
 * Malayalam: ജോലിസമയം
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ду́жно̄ст, слу̀жба
 * Roman: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Albanian: taksë dogane
 * Armenian: ,
 * Old Armenian: հարկ, տուրք, բաժ
 * Azerbaijani: rüsum
 * Belarusian: мы́та, по́шліна,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Crimean Tatar: bergi
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: tarifo, dogano
 * Estonian: tollimaks
 * Faroese: tollur
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, Einfuhrsteuer
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, , , , ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kazakh:
 * Korean: ,
 * Latin: indictiō, portōrium, vectīgal, illātiō
 * Lithuanian: muitas
 * Macedonian: царина
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: tiuti, tāke taonga
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: toll
 * Ottoman Turkish: رسم
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: cìs, càin
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tuvan: каайлы
 * Ukrainian: ми́то, збір
 * Vietnamese: (稅關),  (海關)


 * Estonian:, , ,