duties (noun)
1compound duties — noun plural : a combination of specific and ad valorem customs duties on the same article …
2differential duties — noun plural : duties imposed unequally on the same products according to the sources of or methods of getting these products …
3discriminating duties — noun plural : differential duties …
4marital duties — noun The duty to be available to ones spouse for sexual intercourse …
5stamp duty — noun a tax collected by requiring a stamp to be purchased and attached (usually on documents or publications) • Syn: ↑stamp tax • Hypernyms: ↑tax, ↑taxation, ↑revenue enhancement * * * noun : stamp tax …
6tariff — tar·iff / tar əf/ n [Italian tariffa, from Arabic ta‘rīf notification] 1 a: a schedule of duties imposed by a government on imported or in some countries exported goods b: a duty or rate of duty imposed in such a schedule 2: a document filed with …
7duty — noun 1 sth that you have to do because it is right or expected ADJECTIVE ▪ contractual, legal, statutory (esp. BrE) ▪ Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose. ▪ fiduciary ▪ …
8fire drill — noun an exercise intended to train people in duties and escape procedures to be followed in case of fire • Hypernyms: ↑exercise, ↑practice, ↑drill, ↑practice session, ↑recitation * * * noun 1. : a primitive device for kindling fire consisting of… …
9free port — noun 1. an area adjoining a port where goods that are intended for reshipment can be received and stored without payment of duties • Syn: ↑free zone • Hypernyms: ↑area, ↑country 2. a port open on equal terms to all commercial vessels • Hypernyms …
10Lord Privy Seal — noun the senior cabinet minister in the British Cabinet who has no official duties • Hypernyms: ↑cabinet minister • Member Holonyms: ↑British Cabinet * * * noun : a British officer of state who has only nominal official duties as custodian of the …
