<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>duties: something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.</li><li>the binding or obligatory force of something that is morally or legally right; moral or legal obligation.</li><li>an action or task required by a person's position or occupation; function: the duties of a clergyman.</li><li>the respectful and obedient conduct due a parent, superior, elder, etc.</li><li>a person or thing for which one is responsible: A child is a responsibility to their parents.</li><li>Military: an assigned task, occupation, or place of service: He was on radar duty for two years.</li><li>the military service required of a citizen by a country: After graduation, he began his duty.</li><li>Commerce: a specific or ad valorem tax imposed by law on the import or export of goods.</li><li>a payment, service, etc., imposed and enforceable by law or custom.</li><li>Chiefly British: tax: income duty.</li><li>Machinery: the amount of work done by an engine per unit amount of fuel consumed.</li><li>Agriculture: the amount of water necessary to provide for the crop in a given area.</li></ul>