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work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons; "the duties of the job"

work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons; "the duties of the job"

That which is due; payment.

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

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

Specifically, obedience or submission due to parents and superiors.

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

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).

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

That which is due; payment.

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

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

Specifically, obedience or submission due to parents and superiors.

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

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).

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

That which is due: what one is bound by any obligation to do: obedience: military service: respect or regard: one's proper business: tax on goods: in the U. S. applied to tax on imports only.

What one is bound to do; obedience; service; tax on goods.

That which is due; moral obligation.

An impost, as upon imports.

A formal expression of respect.

n. That which is due, proper, or enjoined; obedience; submission; reverence; obligation military guard or watch;—tax; toll; customs; excise:—work; business; engagement; service; employment; occupation.

That to which a man is by any natural or legal obligation bound; act or forbearances required by religion or morality; obedience or submission due to parents, governors, or superiors; act of reverence or respect; the business of a soldier on guard; tax, impost, custom, toll.