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obbligo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • debt noun Money that one person or organisation owes to another.
  • duty noun Something a person is morally or legally obligated to do.
  • imposition noun An unwelcome demand or burden placed on someone.
  • must verb Used to say that something is required or necessary.
  • obligation noun A duty or requirement to do something, often because of a promise, law, or moral sense.

Senses

obbligo is used for these senses in English:

  • debt An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.
  • duty (countable, uncountable) That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.
  • imposition The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.
  • must Something that is mandatory, required or recommended.
  • obligation The act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone.
  • obligation A social, legal, or moral requirement, duty, contract, or promise that compels someone to follow or avoid a particular course of action.
  • obligation (legal) A legal agreement stipulating a specified action or forbearance by a party to the agreement; the document containing such agreement.

debt — full definition

  1. noun Money that one person or organisation owes to another.
  2. noun A sense of owing someone something non-financial, such as gratitude or loyalty.

duty — full definition

  1. noun Something a person is morally or legally obligated to do.
  2. noun A tax charged on goods, especially imports.
  3. noun The period during which someone is actively working or on call.

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