| breach of duty | a breach of due care |
| duty | work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons, the duties of the job |
assignment
duty assignment | a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces), hazardous duty |
guard duty
guard sentry duty
sentry go | the duty of serving as a sentry, he was on guard that night |
fatigue duty
fatigue | labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on), the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson, they were assigned to kitchen fatigues |
sea-duty
service abroad
shipboard duty | naval service aboard a ship at sea |
| shore duty | naval service at land bases |
| neglect of duty | (law) breach of a duty |
| anti-takeover defense | resistance to or defense against a hostile takeover |
| anti-war movement | a campaign against entering or continuing a war |
| point duty | the control of traffic by a policeman stationed at an intersection |
| dumping | selling goods abroad at a price below that charged in the domestic market |
duty
responsibility
obligation | the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force, we must instill a sense of duty in our children, every right implies a responsibility, every opportunity, an obligation, every possession, a duty- John D.Rockefeller Jr |
civic duty
civic responsibility | the responsibilities of a citizen |
| jury duty | the civic duty to serve on a jury |
| filial duty | duty of a child to its parents |
| legal duty | acts which the law requires be done or forborne |
| fiduciary duty | the legal duty of a fiduciary to act in the best interests of the beneficiary |
| line of duty | all that is normally required in some area of responsibility |
anti-G suit
G suit | worn by fliers and astronauts to counteract the forces of gravity and acceleration |
anti-inflammatory
anti-inflammatory drug | a medicine intended to reduce inflammation |
| anti-submarine rocket | a shipboard system to fire rockets at submarines |
| anti-TNF compound | a class of drugs that block the action of tumor necrosis factor (TNF), used in cases of rheumatoid arthritis because TNF instigates inflammation of the joints |
fragmentation bomb
antipersonnel bomb
anti-personnel bomb
daisy cutter | a bomb with onlytoper cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments, most effective against troops and vehicles |
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
NSAID | an anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids, NSAIDs inhibit the activity of both Cox- and Cox- enzymes |
stabilizer bar
anti-sway bar | a rigid metal bar between the front suspensions and between the rear suspensions of cars and trucks, serves to stabilize the chassis |
tail rotor
anti-torque rotor | rotor consisting of a rotating airfoil on the tail of a singleotor helicopter, keeps the helicopter from spinning in the direction opposite to the rotation of the main rotor |
virility drug
anti-impotence drug | drug to treat impotence attributable to erectile dysfunction |
anti-Semitism
antisemitism | the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people |
| anti-Catholicism | a religious orientation opposed to Catholicism |
| anti-drug law | a law forbidding the sale or use of narcotic drugs |
| anti-virus program | a computer program that checks a computer for viruses and prevents their spread |
Japanese Red Army
JRA
Anti-Imperialist International Brigade | a terrorist group organized into overthrow the Japanese government and monarchy and to foment world revolution, is said to have close ties with Palestinian terrorists, in the Japanese Red Army was responsible for a massacre at an airport in Israel |
| Anti-Masonic Party | a former political party in the United States, founded in in opposition to Freemasonry in public affairs |
sense of shame
sense of duty | a motivating awareness of ethical responsibility |
| anti | a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.), the antis smelled victory after a long battle |
| anti-American | a person who is opposed to the United States and its policies |
anti-Semite
Jew-baiter | someone who hates and would persecute Jews |
philistine anti-intellectual
lowbrow | a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits |
inheritance tax
estate tax
death tax
death duty | a tax on the estate of the deceased person |
stamp tax
stamp duty | a tax collected by requiring a stamp to be purchased and attached (usually on documents or publications) |
duty
tariff | a government tax on imports or exports, they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries |
customs
customs duty
custom
impost | money collected under a tariff |
tonnage
tunnage
tonnage duty | a tax imposed on ships that enter the US, based on the tonnage of the ship |
| anti-dumping duty | a tariff imposed to prevent dumping |
| import duty | a duty imposed on imports |
| export duty | a duty imposed on exports |
| countervailing duty | a duty imposed to offset subsidies by foreign governments |
shift
work shift
duty period | the time period during which you are at work |
enlistment
hitch
term of enlistment
tour of duty
duty tour
tour | a period of time spent in military service |