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▸ noun: (uncountable) The state of being at work and responsible for or doing a particular task.
▸ noun: (countable) A tax placed on imports or exports; a tariff.
▸ noun: (obsolete) One's due, something one is owed; a debt or fee.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.
▸ noun: (engineering) The efficiency of an engine in work done per unit of fuel; particularly, the number of pounds of water which a steam pumping engine can raise one foot by burning one bushel or hundredweight of coal.
▸ noun: (euphemistic) The act of urination or defecation, especially for a dog.
▸ noun: A surname.
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obligation,
tariff,
responsibility,
dutie,
bounden,
Doty,
dereliction,
shirking,
dutybound,
dooty,
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