transcription, транскрипция: [ dju:ti, AM du:ti ]
( duties)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Duty is work that you have to do for your job.
Staff must report for duty at their normal place of work...
My duty is to look after the animals.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
Your duties are tasks which you have to do because they are part of your job.
I carried out my duties conscientiously...
N-PLURAL
3.
If you say that something is your duty , you believe that you ought to do it because it is your responsibility.
I consider it my duty to write to you and thank you.
N-SING : oft with poss
4.
Duties are taxes which you pay to the government on goods that you buy.
Import duties still average 30%.
...customs duties...
N-VAR
5.
If someone such as a policeman or a nurse is off duty , they are not working. If someone is on duty , they are working.
I’m off duty...
Extra staff had been put on duty.
PHRASE : PHR after v , v-link PHR