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 |
point duty | the control of traffic by a policeman stationed at an intersection |
payment defrayal defrayment | the act of paying money |
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 |
requital payment | an act of requiting, returning in kind |
stop payment | a depositor's order to a bank to refuse payment on a check |
sense of shame sense of duty | a motivating awareness of ethical responsibility |
transfer payment | a public expenditure (as for unemployment compensation or veteran's benefits) that is not for goods and services |
payment | a sum of money paid or a claim discharged |
regular payment | a payment made at regular times |
payment rate rate of payment repayment rate installment rate | the amount of money paid out per unit time |
support payment | a payment made by one person for the support of another |
payoff final payment | the final payment of a debt |
token payment | a small payment made in acknowledgement of an obligation |
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 |
down payment deposit | a partial payment made at the time of purchase, the balance to be paid later |
credit deferred payment | arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services |
draft bill of exchange order of payment | a document ordering the payment of money, drawn by one person or bank on another |
disability check disability payment | a monthly payment made to someone who has become disabled and is unable to work |
medicare check medicare payment | a check reimbursing an aged person for the expenses of health care |
cash immediate payment | prompt payment for goods or services in currency or by check |
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 |
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 |