Look up: duty

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   duty
   [n] - a government tax on imports or exports 2. [n] - the social force that binds you to your obligations and the courses of action demanded by that force 3. [n] - work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons
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   Duty
   There are two main types of duty collected by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) - one is import duty, which is duty charged on goods imported into the European Union (EU) and the other is excise duty, which is a UK tax on certain types of goods, such as alcohol or tobacco.
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   duty
   Moral obligation experienced as a felt commandment of the moral law. Moral conflicts occur where a number of duties make apparently irreconcilable demands on us. The Stoics in ancient Greece and...
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   duty
   A tax on a good. A customs duty is a tax on goods entering a country (a tax on imports). An excise duty is a type of indirect tax on goods consumed such as petrol, alcohol, or tobacco. ...
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   Duty
   Used in education law to describe an education authoritys obligation to do or provide something.
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   duty
   a statement of the loads,including no-load and rest and de-energised periods to which the machine is subjected,including their duration and sequence in time Category: Electrical engineering and energy • the sequence of operating conditions to which a component,device or equipment is subjected Category: Electrical engineering and energy • the relation between the area irriga...
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   Duty
   Du'ty noun ; plural Duties . [ From Due .] 1. That which is due; payment. [ Obsolete as signifying a material thing.] « When thou receivest money for thy labor or ware, thou receivest thy duty .» Tyndale. 2. That which a person is bound by moral obligation to do, or refrain from doing; that which one ought to do; service morally obli ...
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   duty
   Origin: From Due. ... 1. That which is due; payment. 'When thou receivest money for thy labour or ware, thou receivest thy duty.' (Tyndale) ... 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. 'Forgetting his duty toward God, his sovereign lord, and his country.' ...
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   duty
   responsibility noun 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
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    duty
    tariff noun a government tax on imports or exports; `they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries`
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    Duty
    `Duty` (from `due,` that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, did, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. `debt`) is a term that conveys a sense of moral commitment to someone or something. The moral commitment is the sort that results in action, and it is not a matter of passive feeling or mere recognition. When someone recognizes a duty, they commit themselves to the cause involved without considering the self-interested courses of actions...
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    Duty
    • (n.) Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage. • (n.) Specifically, obedience or submission due to parents and superiors. • (n.) Hence, any assigned service or business; as, the duties of a policeman, or a soldier; to be on duty. • (n.) That which a person is bound by moral obligation to do, or refrain from doing; th...
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    duty
    (from the article `applied logic`) The propositional modalities relating to normative (or valuational) classifications of actions and states of affairs, such as the permitted, the ... [3 related articles]
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    Duty
    Tax. That is, an import duty is a tariff.
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    duty
    the statement of the load(s) to which the machine is subjected, including, if applicable, starting, electric braking, no-load and rest and de-energized periods, and including their durations and sequence in time
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    a sequence of operating conditions to which a welding power source or equipment is subjected
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    duty
    an action which we are obligated to perform out of respect for the moral law.
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    Duty
    The actual custom duty based on an imported good either on an ad valorem, or specification amount per unit or combination of these two.
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    duty
    duty, in taxation: see tariff; excise taxes.
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    Duty
    (Ang-Fr. duete, what is due, Ger. Pflicht) Whatever is necessary or required; or whatever one is morally obliged to do, as opposed to what one may be pleased or inclined to do. Also, the moral obligation itself and the law or principle in which it is expressed. In ethics, duty is commonly associated with conscience, reason, rightness, moral law, a...
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