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 |
real-estate business | the business of selling real estate |
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 |
beach wagon station wagon wagon estate car beach waggon station waggon waggon | a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat |
Real Estate Investment Trust REIT | an investment trust that owns and manages a pool of commercial properties and mortgages and other real estate assets, shares can be bought and sold in the stock market |
estate of the realm estate the three estates | a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights |
first estate Lords Spiritual | the clergy in France and the heads of the church in Britain |
second estate Lords Temporal | the nobility in France and the peerage in Britain |
third estate Commons | the common people |
fourth estate | the press, including journalists, newspaper writers, photographers |
housing estate | a residential area where the houses were all planned and built at the same time |
sense of shame sense of duty | a motivating awareness of ethical responsibility |
real estate broker real estate agent estate agent land agent house agent | a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land, in England they call a real estate agent a land agent |
personal property personal estate personalty private property | movable property (as distinguished from real estate) |
real property real estate realty immovable | property consisting of houses and land |
estate land landed estate acres demesne | extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use, the family owned a large estate on Long Island |
estate | everything you own, all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities |
gross estate | the total valuation of the estate's assets at the time of the person's death |
net estate | the estate remaining after debts and funeral expenses and administrative expenses have been deducted from the gross estate, the estate then left to be distributed (and subject to federal and state inheritance taxes) |
life estate estate for life | (law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it |
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 |
real estate loan mortgage loan | a loan on real estate that is usually secured by a mortgage |
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 |