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51duty-free — [do͞ot′ēfrē′, dyo͞ot′ēfrē′] adj. designating or of goods on which no duty or tax must be paid, or a shop selling such goods adv. with no payment of a duty or tax required …
52duty of tonnage — A fee that encompasses all taxes and customs duties, regardless of their name or form, imposed upon a vessel as an instrument of commerce for entering, remaining in, or exiting from a port. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law.… …
53duty owed — index obligation (duty) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
54duty-free goods — ➔ goods …
55duty drawback — UK US noun [C or U] (US also drawback) ► TAX, COMMERCE tax paid on imported materials that is paid back when goods or products made with those materials are exported again: »There is a duty drawback scheme for foreign inputs entering into… …
56duty free — {{hw}}{{duty free}}{{/hw}}locuz. sost. m. inv. ¡ Accorc. di duty free shop …
57duty-bound — adjective FORMAL legally or morally responsible for doing something: We felt duty bound to challenge the decision …
58duty — late 13c., from Anglo Fr. duete, from O.Fr. deu due, owed; proper, just, from V.L. *debutus, from L. debitus, pp. of debere to owe (see DEBT (Cf. debt)). Related: Duties. The sense of tax or fee on imports, exports, etc. is from late 15c.; duty… …
59duty-free shop — duty free shops N COUNT A duty free shop is a shop, for example at an airport, where you can buy goods at a cheaper price than usual, because no tax is paid on them …
60duty bound to do something — duty bound to (do something) required to do something. Investigators are duty bound to find out what happened and make a report …
