Meaning of "duty"

duty •

n.
• • 1. the right thing a person ought to do: tungkulin
  • 2. the things one has to do in a certain position: katungkulan, trabaho, gawain
  • 3. tax: buwis
  • 4. customs duty, tax for bringing articles in the country: bayad sa adwana, buwis sa angkat

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office

n.
• • 1. position, esp. a public one: tungkulin, katungkulan
  • 2. the duty of ones position, task, job, work: tungkulin, katungkulan, gawain, gawa, trabaho
  • 3. the place in which the work of a position is done: opisina, tanggapan

discharge

v.
• • 1. to dismiss from office: magtiwalag, mag-alis (maalis, alisin) sa tungkulin, magpatalsik, patalsikin, magsisante, sisantehin
  • 2. to fire off: magpaputok, paputukin
  • 3. to release, to free: magpalaya, palayain, magpakawala, pakawalan
  • 4. to discharge a patient, to send out of hospital: magpalabas (palabasin) sa ospital, magpauwi, pauwiin
  • 5. to unload cargo from a ship, truck, etc.: magbaba, ibaba, mag-ibis, iibis, magdiskarga, diskargahin, idiskarga
  • 6. to perform (a duty): tumupad, tuparin
  • 7. to perform (a role): gumanap, gumampan, gampanan

n.
• • 1. unloading: pagdidiskarga, pagbababa ng karga, pag-iibis
  • 2. firing off a gun: pagpapaputok
  • 3. a blast: putok
  • 4. letting go, release as from a hospital: pagpapauwi, pagpapalabas sa ospital
  • 5. performing of a duty: pagtupad (pagganap, paggampan) ng tungkulin

loyal

adj.
• • true and faithful to love, promise, or duty: tapat, matapat, tapat na loob

charge

v.
• • 1. to ask as a price, put a price on: sumingil, singilin, maghalaga, halagahan, magpabayad, papagbayarin
  • 2. to put down as a bet: ilista,
  • 3. to attack: sumalakay, salakayin, lumusob, lusubin, umatake, atakihin, dumaluhong, daluhungin
  • 4. to order: mag-utos, utusan, iutos
  • 5. to charge in court: magsakdal, isakdal, maghabla, ihabla
  • 6. to accuse someone of: magbintang, pagbintangan, magparatang, paratangan
  • 7. to have, or be in charge of: mamahala, pamahalaan, mangalaga, pangalagaan, mag-alaga, alagaan

n.
• • 1. a price: halaga, singil, bayad
  • 2. a duty or task: tungkulin
  • 3. a criminal charge: sakdal, habla
  • 4. command: utos
  • 5. custody, care: bahala, alaga, pag-aalaga
  • 6. a responsibility: pananagutan, sagutin
  • 7. an attack: salakay, pagsalakay, lusob, paglusob, daluhong, pagdaluhong

post

n.
• • 1. a piece of timber, iron, etc., firmly set up, usually to support something else: poste, haligi
  • 2. mail, a single delivery of mail: koreo
  • 3. the place where soldiers, etc., are stationed: himpilan, istasyon
  • 4. military station: himpilan, kampo
  • 5. place where one is supposed to be when one is on duty: puwesto, tayo, lagay

v.
• • 1. to fasten (a notice) up in a place where it can easily be seen: magdikit, idikit, magpaskil, ipaskil, maglagay o magkabit (ng babala)
  • 2. to make public, make known by means of a posted notice: magpaunawa, paunawaan, ipaunawa, magpahayag, ihayag, magbabala, ibabala, magpatalastas, ipatalastas
  • 3. to station at a post, place: magpuwesto, ipuwesto, magtalaga, italaga
  • 4. to send by mail: magkoreo, ikoreo, maghulog (ihulog) sa koreo

place

n.
• • 1. the part or space occupied by a person or thing: puwesto, lugar, lugal
  • 2. a city, town, or village: lugar, lugal, dako
  • 3. district or area: purol, pool, distrito
  • 4. house, dwelling: bahay, tahanan
  • 5. a part or spot on a body or surface: bahagi, parte
  • 6. rank: puwesto, tungkulin, lugar, lugal
  • 7. right position, usual position: tamang lugar (lugal), karaniwang lugar (lugal), tumpak na ayos
  • 8. a space or seat for a person: lugar, lugal, puwesto
  • 9. duty, business: tungkulin, gawain
  • 10. work, job, employment: trabaho, empleo, gawain

v.
• • to put in a particular spot, position, or condition: maglagay, ilagay, maglagak, ilagak adv. in place means (a) in the proper or usual place: nasa lugar, nasa wastong (dating) kinalalagyan (b) fitting, apppropriate or timely: angkop, bagay

concern

n.
• • 1. solicitude, interest: malasakit, pagmamalasakit
  • 2. anxiety: pagkabalisa, pag-aalaala, pag-aalala, hindi pagkapalagay
  • 3. duty: tungkulin, pananagutan
  • 4. firm, business company: bahay-kalakal, kompaniya, kompanya, samahan

v.
• • 1. to worry: mabahala, magalaala, mag-alala, mabalisa
  • 2. to have to do with: magkaroon ng kinalaman sa
  • 3. to whom it may concern: sa kinauukulan

part

n.
• • 1. something less than the whole, a fraction: bahagi
  • 2. a thing that helps to make up a whole: parte, bahagi
  • 3. a portion of: kabahagi, kaparte
  • 4. share (having something to do with the act of others): kinalaman, kaugnayan
  • 5. region, district, place: dako, lugar
  • 6. side in a dispute or contest: panig
  • 7. character in a play, the words spoken by a character: papel, bahagi
  • 8. a dividing line left in combing ones hair: hati, hawi, biyak

v.
• • 1. to force apart, divide: papaghiwalayin, papaghiwa-hiwalayin
  • 2. to divide into two or more pieces: maghati, hatiin, maghati-hati, paghatihatiin
  • 3. to go apart, separate: humiwalay, maghiwalay, maghiwa-hiwalay, maglayo, lumayo, bumukod
  • 4. divide the hair in the middle, or at the side: maghawi, hawiin, maghati, hatiin, magbiyak, biyakin
  • 5. part and parcel means (a) a necessary part or condition: mahalagang bahagi (kondisyon) (b) a duty: tungkulin, bahagi ng tungkulin
  • 6. to take ones part in a dispute or contest, to take sides with one: pumanig, panigan, kumampi, kampihan
  • 7. to part from, to go away from, leave: umalis, lumisan, lisanin
  • 8. to part with, to give away, sell, let go, etc.: ipagbili, ipamigay, ipanregalo
  • 9. to take part, to take or have a share: sumali, makisali, lumahok, makilahok, humalo, makihalo adv. 1. partly, in some small measure or degree: medyo, sa isang parte (bahagi), bahagya
  • 2. for ones part, as far as one is concerned: para sa akin (kanya, kanila, atb.), sa ganang akin (kanya, kanila, atb.)

unfaithful

adj.
• • 1. not faithful, not true to ones duty or promises, faithless: taksil, hindi tapat, lilo, alibugha
  • 2. not accurate, not exact: hindi tumpak, hindi tama, hindi eksakto, may mali, masama

traitor

n.
• • a person who betrays his country, friend, a duty, etc.: taksil, traidor, lilo, sukab

commission

n.
• • 1. a group of persons with authority: komisyon, lupon
  • 2. agents compensation: komisyon, porsiyento, kaparte
  • 3. the doing of something: paggawa, pagkagawa

v.
• • 1. to give a person the right or power to do something: magbigay (bigyan) ng karapatan (kapangyarihan)
  • 2. to order or impose a duty: mag-atas, atasan, mag-utos, utusan
  • 3. to put into active service: iserbisyo

tungkulin

n.
• • duty, obligation