duty" : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: duty	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for duty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
duty n 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 Synonym(s): duty, responsibility, obligation work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons; "the duties of the job" a government tax on imports or exports; "they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries" Synonym(s): duty, tariff
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duty \Du"ty\, n.; pl. {Duties}. [From {Due}.] 1. That which is due; payment. [Obs. as signifying a material thing.] When thou receivest money for thy labor or ware, thou receivest thy duty. --Tyndale.