duty

Meaning

1. That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.
2. The state of being at work and responsible for or doing a particular task.
3. A tax placed on imports or exports; a tariff.
4. (obsolete) One's due, something one is owed; a debt or fee.
5. (obsolete) Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.
6. 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).

Synonyms

obligation

responsibility

tax

task

work

business

function

customs

🛃

toll

service

charge

job

role

tariff

commitment

liability

impost

activity

office

🏢

assignment

mission

onus

affair

fee

burden

post

levy

shift

customs duty

cess

due

use

chore

commission

encumbrance

errand

revenue

operation

employment

profession

taxation

rate

custom

dues

contribution

action

turn

tribute

proper function

assessment

taxes

incumbency

honour

devoir

sense of duty

part

necessary action

honor

excise

care

debt

purpose

routine

Scot

serve

speciality

specialty

strings

submission

tax free

tax free shop

tax revenue

tollage

trade

trust

undertaking

vocation

voluntary

watch

⌚

declaratory judgment

emergency duty

lend out

moral code

one’s lot

piece of work

scot

debt of gratitude

school work

social obligation

regular business

humanity and justice

compulsory service

one’s status

original fief

gabelle

religion

weight

important affair

moral principle

port tax

abligation

custom-duties

functional mode

accountability

act

active state

affairs

agenda

appointment

arrear

bear

🐻

blame

borrow

bounden duty

ceremony

characteristic

constraint

cost

courtesy

custody

customhouse

customshouse

debit

decency

degree

do

duties

effort

employ

expenditure

fees

festivity

guard

💂

homage

housekeeping

housework

import tax

indebtedness

justice

kind

labour

lesson

lot

make

manufacture

matter

merit

military service

obligatory

occupation

octroi

official

on duty

ought

perform

person in charge

position

practice

procedure

public service

relation

respect

responsibilities

righteousness

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdjuː.ti/

Etymology

From Middle English duete, from Middle English dewe) + Middle English -te, (borrowed from Old French -te from Latin -tātem, accusative masculine singular of -tās). Equivalent to due + -ty (Alternative form of -ity).