Word Meaning

Meaning of "duty" and the crossword clue

- Excise
- Good behavior
- Government tax
- Import tax
- Legal obligation
- Moral obligation
- Obligation
- Obligation that could be taxing
- Responsibility
- Tariff
- That which is due; payment.
- That which a person is bound by moral obligation to do, or refrain from doing; that which one ought to do; service morally obligatory.
- Hence, any assigned service or business; as, the duties of a policeman, or a soldier; to be on duty.
- Specifically, obedience or submission due to parents and superiors.
- Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.
- 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).
- Tax, toll, impost, or customs; excise; any sum of money required by government to be paid on the importation, exportation, or consumption of goods.