duties 音标拼音: [d'utiz]
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Duty \
Du "
ty \,
n .;
pl . {
Duties }. [
From {
Due }.]
1 .
That which is due ;
payment . [
Obs .
as signifying a material thing .]
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When thou receivest money for thy labor or ware ,
thou receivest thy duty . --
Tyndale .
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2 .
That which a person is bound by moral obligation to do ,
or refrain from doing ;
that which one ought to do ;
service morally obligatory .
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Forgetting his duty toward God ,
his sovereign lord ,
and his country . --
Hallam .
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3 .
Hence ,
any assigned service or business ;
as ,
the duties of a policeman ,
or a soldier ;
to be on duty .
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With records sweet of duties done . --
Keble .
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To employ him on the hardest and most imperative duty . --
Hallam .
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Duty is a graver term than obligation .
A duty hardly exists to do trivial things ;
but there may be an obligation to do them . --
C .
J .
Smith .
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4 .
Specifically ,
obedience or submission due to parents and superiors . --
Shak .
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5 .
Respect ;
reverence ;
regard ;
act of respect ;
homage . "
My duty to you ." --
Shak .
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6 . (
Engin .)
The efficiency of an engine ,
especially a steam pumping engine ,
as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel ;
usually ,
the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (
94 lbs .
old standard ),
or by 1 cwt . (
112 lbs .,
England ,
or 100 lbs .,
United States ).
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7 . (
Com .)
Tax ,
toll ,
impost ,
or customs ;
excise ;
any sum of money required by government to be paid on the importation ,
exportation ,
or consumption of goods .
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Note :
An impost on land or other real estate ,
and on the stock of farmers ,
is not called a duty ,
but a direct tax . [
U .
S .]
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{
Ad valorem duty },
a duty which is graded according to the cost ,
or market value ,
of the article taxed .
See {
Ad valorem }.
{
Specific duty },
a duty of a specific sum assessed on an article without reference to its value or market .
{
On duty },
actually engaged in the performance of one '
s assigned task .
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DUTIES .
In its most enlarged sense ,
this word is nearly equivalent to taxes ,
embracing all impositions or charges levied on persons or things ;
in its more restrained sense ,
it is often used as equivalent to customs , (
q .
v .)
or imposts . (
q .
v .)
Story ,
Const .
Sec .
949 .
Vide ,
for the rate of duties payable on goods and merchandise ,
Gord .
Dig .
B .
7 ,
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1 ,
c .
1 ;
Story '
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U .
S .
Index ,
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