#duty work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons: "the duties of the job" supertype: #work activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work" subtype: #chore__job__task a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee: "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores" subtype: #stint an individuals prescribed share of work: "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her" subtype: #disagreeable_task__disagreeable_chore a chore that causes discomfort subtype: #scut_work__shitwork trivial unrewarding tedious dirty and disagreeable chores; "the hospital hired him to do scut work" subtype: #function__office__part__role the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group: "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role" subtype: #capacity.function a specified function; "he was employed in the capacity of director"; "he should be retained in his present capacity at a higher salary" subtype: #hat an informal term for a person's role; "he took off his politician's hat and talked frankly" subtype: #portfolio the role of the head of a government department; "he holds the portfolio for foreign affairs" subtype: #stead__position__place__lieu the function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another: "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of" subtype: #behalf as the agent of or on someone's part; usually expressed as "on behalf of" rather than "in behalf of": "the guardian signed the contract on behalf of the minor child"; "this letter is written on behalf of my client" subtype: #second_fiddle a secondary role or function; "he hated to play second fiddle to anyone" subtype: #duty_assignment__assignment as duty that you are assigned to perform especially in the armed forces: "hazardous duty" subtype: #guard_duty__guardduty__guard__sentry_duty__sentry_go the duty of serving as a sentry; "he was on guard that night" subtype: #fatigue_duty__fatigueduty__fatigue labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on); "the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson"; "they were assigned to kitchen fatigues" subtype: #mission__charge__commission a task that has been assigned to a person or group; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message" subtype: #fool's_errand a fruitless mission subtype: #mission_impossible__missionimpossible an extremely dangerous or difficult mission subtype: #reassignment assignment to a different duty subtype: #secondment the detachment of a person from their regular organization for temporary assignment elsewhere subtype: #sea-duty__seaduty__service_abroad__serviceabroad__shipboard_duty__shipboardduty naval service aboard a ship at sea subtype: #shore_duty__shoreduty naval service at land bases
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