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duty, US [transcription]["du ;tI"]A n1 ( obligation) devoir m (to envers) ; to have a duty to do avoir le devoir de faire ; to make it one's duty to do considérer de son devoir de faire ; it is my duty to do il est de mon devoir de faire ; to do one's duty accomplir son devoir ; to do one's duty by sb remplir son devoir envers qn ; in the course of duty Mil en service ; gen dans l'exercice de ses fonctions ; duty calls! le devoir m'appelle! ; to feel duty bound to do se sentir le devoir de faire ; to neglect one's duties manquer à ses devoirs ; out of a sense of duty par devoir ; moral duty obligation f morale ; legal duty, statutory duty obligation f légale ;2 ( task) ( gén pl) fonction f ; to take up one's duties prendre ses fonctions ; to perform ou carry out one's duties remplir ses fonctions (as de) ;3 ¢ ( work) service m ; to be on/off duty Mil, Med être/ne pas être de service ; Sch être/ne pas être de surveillance ; to go on/off duty commencer/finir son service ; day/night duty service m de jour/de nuit ; to do duty for ou as sth servir de qch ; to do duty for sb remplacer qn ;4 Tax taxe f ; customs duties droits mpl de douane ; to pay duty on sth payer des droits de douane sur qch. -
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duty [ˈdju:tɪ]1. nouna. (moral, legal) devoir m• I feel duty bound to say that... il est de mon devoir de dire que...• my duties consist of... mes fonctions consistent à...• to be on duty être de service (or de garde)• to be off duty ne pas être de service (or de garde)• to go off duty [doctor, nurse] quitter son service2. compounds* * *['djuːtɪ], US ['duːtɪ] 1.1) ( obligation) devoir m (to envers)in the course of duty — Military en service; gen dans l'exercice de ses fonctions
2) ( task) (gén pl) fonction fto perform ou carry out one's duties — remplir ses fonctions (as de)
3) [U] ( work) service mto be on/off duty — Military, Medicine être/ne pas être de service; School être/ne pas être de surveillance
to go on/off duty — commencer/finir son service
4) ( tax) taxe f2.customs duties — droits mpl de douane
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