| 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 |
| patrol | the activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes |
| airborne patrol | a patrol provided by aircraft |
| round-thelock patrol | a continuous nonstop patrol |
| point duty | the control of traffic by a policeman stationed at an intersection |
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 |
cruiser police cruiser
patrol car
police car
prowl car
squad car | a car in which policemen cruise the streets, equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters |
patrol boat
patrol ship | a vessel assigned to patrol an area |
police van
police wagon
paddy wagon
patrol wagon
wagon black Maria | van used by police to transport prisoners |
United States Border Patrol
US Border Patrol | the mobile law enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that detects and prevents illegal entry of aliens into the United States |
| shore patrol | the military police of the navy |
| patrol | a detachment used for security or reconnaissance |
| border patrol | a group of officers who patrol the borders of a country |
| harbor patrol | patrol of officers who police a harbor area |
| patrol | a group that goes through a region at regular intervals for the purpose of security |
sense of shame
sense of duty | a motivating awareness of ethical responsibility |
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 |
patrol
police | maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol |
| light-duty | not designed for heavy work, a light-duty detergent |
| heavy-duty | designed for heavy work, a heavy-duty detergent, heavy-duty gloves |
duty-bound(p)
obliged(p) | under a moral obligation to do something |
| duty-free | exempt from duty, duty-free liquor |