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  • 61duty — noun (plural duties) 1》 a moral or legal obligation. 2》 a task required as part of one s job.     ↘(duties) performance of prescribed church services by a priest or minister. 3》 a payment levied on the import, export, manufacture, or sale of… …

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  • 62duty of care — du·ty of care d(y)üt ē əv ke(ə)r, ka(ə)r n a duty to use care toward others that would be exercised by an ordinarily resonable and prudent person in order to protect them from unnecessary risk of harm <in a typical medical malpractice lawsuit …

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  • 63duty-free — adjective exempt from duty duty free liquor • Similar to: ↑nontaxable, ↑exempt …

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  • 64From Potter's Field (novel) — Infobox Book | name = From Potter s Field title orig = translator = image caption = author = Patricia Cornwell illustrator = cover artist = country = United States of America language = English series = Kay Scarpetta genre = Crime fiction… …

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  • 65From hand to hand — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in …

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  • 66From Here to Eternity — Infobox Film | name = From Here to Eternity caption = original movie poster director = Fred Zinnemann producer = Buddy Adler writer = James Jones (novel) Daniel Taradash starring =Burt Lancaster Montgomery Clift Deborah Kerr Donna Reed Frank… …

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  • 67From fair to middling — Fair Fair (f[^a]r), a. [Compar. {Fairer}; superl. {Fairest}.] [OE. fair, fayer, fager, AS. f[ae]ger; akin to OS. & OHG. fagar, Icel. fagr, Sw. fager, Dan. faver, Goth. fagrs fit, also to E. fay, G. f[ u]gen, to fit. fegen to sweep, cleanse, and… …

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  • 68duty-free — adjective & adverb exempt from payment of duty …

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  • 69duty mark — noun : a punch mark in the form of the sovereign s head which had to be placed on all British wares made of silver or gold from 1784 to 1890 to show that duty had been paid …

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  • 70duty —    defecation    Probably from the requirement placed daily on children:     Many any unwary person has been knocked off his toes by a charging porker before the completion of his duties. (Simon, 1979, writing of defecation in the open air in… …

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