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 |
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 |
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 |
compensate recompense repair indemnify | make amends for, pay compensation for, One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich, She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident |
indemnify | secure against future loss, damage, or liability, give security for, This plan indemnifies workers against wages lost through illness |
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 |