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6. a [[task]] or [[chore]] that a person is expected to perform: It's your duty to do the dishes.
6. a [[task]] or [[chore]] that a person is expected to perform: It's your duty to do the dishes.
7. [['''Military''']].
7. [[Military]].
:a. an assigned task, occupation, or place of service: He was on [[radar]] duty for two years.
:a. an assigned task, occupation, or place of service: He was on [[radar]] duty for two years.
10. Chiefly British. tax: income duty.
10. Chiefly British. tax: income duty.
11. [['''Machine''']]ry'.
11. [[Machine]]ry'.
:a. the amount of work done by an engine per unit amount of fuel consumed.
:a. the amount of work done by an engine per unit amount of fuel consumed.
13. Baby Talk. bowel movement.
13. Baby Talk. bowel movement.
==Idioms==
==Idioms==
14. do duty, to serve the same function; substitute for: bookcases that do duty as room dividers.
14. do duty, to serve the same function; substitute for: bookcases that do duty as room dividers.
