duty

devoir, obligation

Ce que l’on doit faire parce qu’on en est responsable ou que c’est juste.

En anglais simple : Something you should do because it is your responsibility or the right thing to do.

• It is my duty to help.
• Parents have a duty to protect their children.
• She carried out her duties with care.

Comment l'utiliser : duty to do something (We have a duty to care for the children.); duty to someone (She feels a duty to her family.)

Synonymes : responsibility, obligation

Expressions courantes : do your duty, duty to someone, sense of duty, moral duty

service, garde

Situation d’une personne qui travaille et assume une tâche ou une fonction précise.

En anglais simple : The state of working and being responsible for a particular job or task.

• The nurse is on duty.
• He was off duty when the accident happened.
• Who is on duty tonight?

Comment l'utiliser : on duty (Two guards are on duty at the entrance.); off duty (The doctor is off duty until Monday.); report for duty (She reported for duty at six.)

Synonymes : service

Expressions courantes : on duty, off duty, night duty

droit de douane, taxe

Somme prélevée sur certains produits, notamment ceux qui entrent dans un pays ou en sortent.

En anglais simple : A tax paid on particular goods, especially goods entering or leaving a country.

• You must pay duty on these goods.
• The government raised the duty on cigarettes.
• How much import duty will this parcel cost?

Comment l'utiliser : duty on something (There is a duty on imported wine.)

Synonymes : tax, tariff

Expressions courantes : import duty, customs duty, pay duty