Collocations for duty - noun

contractual, legal, statutory (esp. BrE)
Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose.

fiduciary
the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders

constitutional (esp. AmE)
general, primary
the general duty of the police to preserve the peace

professional
civic, public
I feel it is my civic duty to vote.

patriotic
Christian, religious
family, filial, parental
ethical, moral
He felt it was his moral duty to help others.

absolute, bounden (formal), sacred, solemn, sworn
I feel it's my bounden duty to try and help her.

have, owe (law)
You have a legal duty to take reasonable care.
The company owes a duty of care to all its customers.

carry out, do, fulfil/fulfill, meet, perform
I suppose we'd better do our duty and report the accident.
She felt she had fulfilled her duty by providing him with a son.

fail in
He had failed in his duty to his daughter.

breach, violate
She had violated her legal duty of confidentiality.

avoid, neglect, shirk
I'd be shirking my duty if I didn't warn him.

abandon
I can't abandon my duty.

assign, charge sb with, impose
It was a duty imposed by her father.

assume, take on
He took on the duty of maintaining the family home.

call
I wanted to stop and chat, but duty called and I went back to the office.

under a/the duty
You are under a statutory duty to keep accurate records.

duty of
It's the duty of each and every one of us to do their best for the team.
They have a duty of confidentiality.

duty to, duty towards/toward
They have a duty to their parents to work hard.

a breach of duty
It was a clear breach of professional duty.

do your duty by sb
You feel that you have to do your duty by your children.

be duty bound to do sth
An employer is not duty bound to provide a reference when an employee leaves.

(above and) beyond the call of duty
The time he put in helping new recruits went beyond the call of duty.

duty done
She put down the phone and went out, her duty done.

feel it your duty to do sth
I felt it my duty to go to the police.

in breach of a duty (formal, esp. BrE)
It was ruled that the injured man was in breach of his duty by not wearing the safety equipment provided.

a sense of duty
I did it out of a sense of duty.

light
When I returned to work after my illness I was put on light duties.

onerous (esp. BrE)
day, night
At 10.45 p.m. she reported for night duty.

combat (esp. AmE), escort, guard, occupation (esp. AmE), patrol, peacekeeping, point (BrE), sentry
The troops are here to perform peacekeeping duties.
The traffic lights were not working so there was a policeman on point duty.

active, inactive (in the military)
He's been suspended from active duty.

daily, regular, routine
temporary
full-time, part-time
official
administrative, operational, professional, teaching
domestic, household
My household duties were not particularly onerous.

kitchen
He was was on kitchen duty.

assigned
He was unable to perform his assigned duties because of ill health.

military
jury (esp. AmE)
Several years ago I was called for jury duty.

double (esp. AmE)
The regular presenter does double duty as a staff writer.

have
The members of staff each have their own duties.

pull (AmE,informal)
Sergeant Wilson had pulled parking-lot duty.

see (military)
veterans who saw combat duty in Vietnam

carry out, complete, discharge, do, execute, perform, undertake
She was unable to carry out her duties because she was too ill.

handle (esp. AmE)
The company prefers to handle translation duties in-house.

come on, go on, report for
Colleagues became suspicious when he failed to report for duty.

come off, go off
What time do you go off duty?

avoid, neglect, shirk
He was accused of neglecting his professional duties.

resume, return to
He leaves the hospital tomorrow and is expected to resume his duties at the beginning of next month.

relinquish
be released from
Her son was released from duty in the army to visit her in hospital.

be relieved of, be suspended from
When he failed to turn up for training, he was relieved of his duties as captain.

share, split (esp. AmE)
I share the cooking duties with Bell.

fall to sb
The cleaning duties now fell to Rachel.

manager (BrE), officer
the supermarket's senior duty manager
He went to the police station and spoke to the duty officer.

doctor, nurse (both esp. BrE)
station (AmE)
The soldier was sent to his new duty station.

assignment (AmE)
He has volunteered for temporary duty assignments in counterterrorist activities.

off duty
I'm off duty tomorrow night.

on duty
You're not allowed to drink alcohol on duty.

the execution of your duties, the performance of your duties
The company is liable if you are injured during the execution of your duty.

heavy, high
the heavy duty on cigarettes

low
customs (esp. BrE), excise (BrE), export, import
excise duty on spirits

alcohol, fuel, tobacco, etc. (all BrE)
Tobacco duty is a major source of revenue for the government.

death (BrE,old-fashioned)
stamp (= a tax in the UK on some legal documents)
The bank will urge ministers to raise the 1% stamp duty threshold.

amount
We tried to estimate the amount of duty we would have to pay.

impose, slap on sb/sth
They are going to slap duty on foreign cars.

increase, put up, raise
They're going to put up the duty on tobacco.

cut, lower, reduce
pay
avoid, evade
They claim that the wine is for personal use and so evade the duty.

be liable to
Perfume is liable to import duty.

be exempt from
Beer for personal use is exempt from duty.

be payable (BrE)
There will also be stamp duty payable at the applicable rate.

in duty
By changing its supplier, the company saved thousands of pounds in import duty.

duty on
You have to pay duty on all electrical goods.