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duty

English

Etymology

From Middle English duete, from Middle English dewe) + Middle English -te, (borrowed from Old French -te from Latin -t?tem, accusative masculine singular of -t?s). Akin to due + -ty (Alternative form of -ity).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?dju?ti/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /du?ti/
  • Rhymes: -u?ti
  • Homophone: doody (for some speakers)

Noun

duty (countable and uncountable, plural duties)

  1. That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.
    • 1805, 21 October, Horatio Nelson
      England expects that every man will do his duty.
    • Captain Edward Carlisle [] felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, []; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
  2. The state of being at work and responsible for or doing a particular task.
  3. A tax placed on imports or exports; a tariff.
    customs duty; excise duty
  4. (obsolete) One's due, something one is owed; a debt or fee.
    • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XX:
      Take that which is thy duty, and goo thy waye.
  5. (obsolete) Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.
  6. 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).

Usage notes

  • Adjectives often used with "duty": public, private, moral, legal, social, double, civic, contractual, political, judicial, etc.

Synonyms

  • (that which one is obligated to do): obligation

Antonyms

  • duty-free (taxes)
  • (that which one is obligated to do): right

Derived terms

Related terms

  • due

Translations

Further reading

  • duty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • duty in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • duty at OneLook Dictionary Search

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?dut?]

Participle

duty

  1. past passive participle of du?

Declension

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dutty

English

Etymology

According to one source, from the Twi Akan word dutty (ground). Probably reinforced by the English terms dirt, dirty.

Noun

dutty

  1. (Jamaican) The ground.
    • 1966, Miss Lou, Dutty Tough
      Rain a fall but dutty tough

Adjective

dutty

  1. (Britain, slang) dirty
  2. (Jamaican) dirty

References


Jamaican Creole

Etymology

From English dirty and, possibly, from Akan d?te.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?d?t?/
  • Hyphenation: du?tty

Adjective

dutty

  1. dirty, messy, soiled, unclean, nasty

Noun

dutty

  1. ground, earth, land, dirt (soil)

Verb

dutty

  1. dirty, make dirty, soil, spoil

Further reading

  • Richard Allsopp (main editor), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, 2003 (reprint by The University of the West Indies Press, originally 1996 by Oxford University Press), ISBN 9789766401450 (originally ISBN-10: 976-640-145-4), page 209
  • dutty – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary

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