volunteer for a duty

  • 1volunteer — /vɒlənˈtɪə / (say voluhn tear) noun 1. someone who enters into any service of their own free will, or who offers to perform a service or undertaking for no financial gain. 2. Military, etc. someone who enters one of the armed services voluntarily …

  • 2Volunteer Special Constabulary — The Volunteer Special Constabulary (VSC) is an important component of the Singapore Police Force, contributing more than fifty years of volunteer service to the nation. The VCS officers are embued with equal powers of a police officer to enforce… …

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  • 3volunteer — vol|un|teer1 [ˌvɔlənˈtıə US ˌva:lənˈtır] n [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: volontaire, from Latin voluntarius; VOLUNTARY1] 1.) someone who does a job willingly without being paid ▪ Most of the relief work was done by volunteers. 2.) someone… …

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  • 4volunteer — 1 noun (C) 1 someone who does something without being paid, or who is willing to offer to help someone: Most of the relief work was done by volunteers. | I need some volunteers to clean up the kitchen. 2 someone who offers to join the army, navy …

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  • 5Volunteer Force (Great Britain) — The Volunteer Force was a citizen army of part time rifle, artillery and engineer corps, created as a popular movement in 1859. Originally highly autonomous, the units of volunteers became increasingly integrated with the British Army, before… …

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  • 6Volunteer Wildfire Services — The Volunteer Wildfire Services is a group of volunteers in Cape Town, South Africa who assist local fire fighting agencies to suppress wildfires. Affiliated to the Table Mountain National Park, the VWS is the only unit of its kind in South… …

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  • 7volunteer — One who enlists in one of the Armed Forces of his own volition, not under the compulsion of a military draft. One who works for another without engagement of services. One, who, without duty, moral or otherwise, pays the debt or discharges the… …

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  • 8People's Volunteer Army — The Chinese People s Volunteer Army (PVA or CPV) (simplified Chinese: 中国人民志愿军; traditional Chinese: 中國人民志願 …

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  • 9Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament — The Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament, Inc. (also referred to as The Great Peace March, GPM, and the March) was a cross country action in 1986 to raise awareness of the growing danger of nuclear proliferation and to advocate for… …

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  • 10Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research — For the historic district in Massachusetts, see Hadley Center Historic District. The Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Change named in honour of George Hadley is part of, and based at the headquarters of the Met Office in Exeter. The Hadley… …

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