duty

Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose.

the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders

the general duty of the police to preserve the peace

I feel it is my civic duty to vote.

He felt it was his moral duty to help others.

I feel it's my bounden duty to try and help her.

You have a legal duty to take reasonable care.

The company owes a duty of care to all its customers.

I suppose we'd better do our duty and report the accident.

She felt she had fulfilled her duty by providing him with a son.

He had failed in his duty to his daughter.

She had violated her legal duty of confidentiality.

I'd be shirking my duty if I didn't warn him.

I can't abandon my duty.

It was a duty imposed by her father.

He took on the duty of maintaining the family home.

I wanted to stop and chat, but duty called and I went back to the office.

You are under a statutory duty to keep accurate records.

It's the duty of each and every one of us to do their best for the team.

They have a duty of confidentiality.

They have a duty to their parents to work hard.

It was a clear breach of professional duty.

You feel that you have to do your duty by your children.

An employer is not duty bound to provide a reference when an employee leaves.

The time he put in helping new recruits went beyond the call of duty.

She put down the phone and went out, her duty done.

I felt it my duty to go to the police.

It was ruled that the injured man was in breach of his duty by not wearing the safety equipment provided.

I did it out of a sense of duty.

When I returned to work after my illness I was put on light duties.

At 10.45 p.m. she reported for night duty.

The troops are here to perform peacekeeping duties.

The traffic lights were not working so there was a policeman on point duty.

He's been suspended from active duty.

My household duties were not particularly onerous.

He was was on kitchen duty.

He was unable to perform his assigned duties because of ill health.

Several years ago I was called for jury duty.

The regular presenter does double duty as a staff writer.

The members of staff each have their own duties.

Sergeant Wilson had pulled parking-lot duty.

veterans who saw combat duty in Vietnam

She was unable to carry out her duties because she was too ill.

The company prefers to handle translation duties in-house.

Colleagues became suspicious when he failed to report for duty.

What time do you go off duty?

He was accused of neglecting his professional duties.

He leaves the hospital tomorrow and is expected to resume his duties at the beginning of next month.

Her son was released from duty in the army to visit her in hospital.

When he failed to turn up for training, he was relieved of his duties as captain.

I share the cooking duties with Bell.

The cleaning duties now fell to Rachel.

the supermarket's senior duty manager

He went to the police station and spoke to the duty officer.

The soldier was sent to his new duty station.

He has volunteered for temporary duty assignments in counterterrorist activities.

I'm off duty tomorrow night.

You're not allowed to drink alcohol on duty.

The company is liable if you are injured during the execution of your duty.

the heavy duty on cigarettes

excise duty on spirits

Tobacco duty is a major source of revenue for the government.

The bank will urge ministers to raise the 1% stamp duty threshold.

We tried to estimate the amount of duty we would have to pay.

They are going to slap duty on foreign cars.

They're going to put up the duty on tobacco.

They claim that the wine is for personal use and so evade the duty.

Perfume is liable to import duty.

Beer for personal use is exempt from duty.

There will also be stamp duty payable at the applicable rate.

By changing its supplier, the company saved thousands of pounds in import duty.

You have to pay duty on all electrical goods.