Duty: alternatives and connections

An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.

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The responsibility for proving a claim.

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A small job; in the pl., the regular or daily light work of a household or farm, either within or without doors.

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Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.

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To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily;…

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The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.

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The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch.

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Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders.

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That which is imposed or levied; a tax, tribute, or duty; especially, a duty or tax laid by goverment on goods imported into a country.

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The state of being incumbent; a lying or resting on something.

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A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

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of Keep

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A privilege granted by the sovereign authority, as the exclusive right of trade granted to a guild or society; a concession.

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That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the rel…

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One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Previously required; necessary as a preliminary to any proposed effect or end; as, prerequisite conditions of success.

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The act of requiring; demand; requisition.

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A part, or character, performed by an actor in a drama; hence, a part of function taken or assumed by any one; as, he has now taken the role of phila…

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Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.

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The weight of goods carried in a boat or a ship.

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See Tonnage.

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Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Performing, or ready to perform, the duties required by one who has the right to claim submission, obedience, or deference; submissive to natural or…

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Performing, or ready to perform, the duties required by one who has the right to claim submission, obedience, or deference; submissive to natural or…

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The act of obligating.

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The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation.

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A schedule, system, or scheme of duties imposed by the government of a country upon goods imported or exported; as, a revenue tariff; a protective ta…

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