duty

1. n. That which is due; payment. Source: opted

2. n. That which a person is bound by moral obligation to do, or refrain from doing; that which one ought to do; service morally obligatory. Source: opted

3. n. Hence, any assigned service or business; as, the duties of a policeman, or a soldier; to be on duty. Source: opted

4. n. Specifically, obedience or submission due to parents and superiors. Source: opted

5. n. Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage. Source: opted

6. n. 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). Source: opted

7. n. Tax, toll, impost, or customs; excise; any sum of money required by government to be paid on the importation, exportation, or consumption of goods. Source: opted

8. n. the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force Source: wordnet

9. n. work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons Source: wordnet

10. n. a government tax on imports or exports Source: wordnet

11. 1. That which is due; payment. [Obs. as signifying a material thing.] When thou receivest money for thy labor or ware, thou receivest thy duty. Tyndale. 2. That which a person is bound by moral obligation to do, or refrain from doing; that which one ought to do; service morally obligatory. Forgetting his duty toward God, his sovereign lord, and his country. Hallam. 3. Hence, any assigned service or business; as, the duties of a policeman, or a soldier; to be on duty. With records sweet of duties done. Keble. To employ him on the hardest and most imperative duty. Hallam. Duty is a graver term than obligation. A duty hardly exists to do trivial things; but there may be an obligation to do them. C. J. Smith. 4. Specifically, obedience or submission due to parents and superiors. Shak. 5. Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage. "My duty to you." Shak. 6. (Engin.) 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). 7. (Com.) Tax, toll, impost, or customs; excise; any sum of money required by government to be paid on the importation, exportation, or consumption of goods. Note: An impost on land or other real estate, and on the stock of farmers, is not called a duty, but a direct tax. [U.S.] Ad valorem duty, a duty which is graded according to the cost, or market value, of the article taxed. See Ad valorem. -- Specific duty, a duty of a specific sum assessed on an article without reference to its value or market. -- On duty, actually engaged in the performance of one's assigned task. Source: webster

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

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