Noun: duty d(y)oo-tee
- Work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons
"the duties of the job"
- A requirement or expectation to do something by moral, legal, social, or personal commitment
"It's my duty to report this incident";
- responsibility, obligation
- A government tax on imports or exports
"they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries";
- tariff
Derived forms: duties
Type of: indirect tax, social control, work
Encyclopedia: Duty, Virginia