temporary duty
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftemporaryandduty
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temporary
adjective
uk/ˈtem.pər.ər.i/us/ˈtem.pə.rer.i/
not lasting or needed for ...
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duty
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈdʒuː.ti/us/ˈduː.t̬i/
something that you have to do because it is part of your job, or something that you feel is the right thing ...
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(Definition oftemporaryanddutyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It includes also the time of staff ontemporaryduty, such as summer seasonal relief.
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Pensioned postmen, like other pensioned civil servants, are being invited to undertaketemporarydutyduring the war.
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But in 1919–20 some hundred officers and soldiers were loaned fortemporarydutywith the audit staff.
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This is atemporarydutyfor which officers are detailed: the officers selected are, as a rule, quartermasters or riding masters.
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Does he think that all substi- tutes were accorded the same exchange control facilities as senior officials privileged abroad ontemporaryduty?
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There are 62 other flag officers, of whom eight are either on permanent leave ortemporaryduty, and 15 hold conventional or area commands.
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The newtemporarydutywill operate only after a local authority has made all its inquiries and decided whether an applicant meets all the criteria.
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Temporarydutyassignments usually come with per diem pay, covering lodging, meals, and incidental expenses.
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Following shakedown, the flush-decked destroyer remained on the west coast ontemporaryduty.
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Temporarydutyorders also qualify towards the ninety-day time requirement.
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Those ontemporarydutythere had to bring their own tents and equipment.
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It is expected that they should perform suchtemporarydutywithout extra pay to qualify them for and justify their promotion to assistant foreman when vacancies occur.
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We have to recognise the actual operational police situation where, due to sickness, leave, training and other commitments, a constable may be performingtemporarydutyas a sergeant.
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In contrast, atemporarydutyassignment is a shorter-term change of station, usually less than six months.
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During this period, the 58th was credited as the firsttemporarydutyunit to down an enemy aircraft.
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Battalions for this duty were selected strictly in accordance with the foreign roster, those battalions with the longest term to serve at home being selected first for thistemporaryduty.
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It is considered that this practice, which has worked satisfactorily, should be continued as respects firemen seconded fortemporarydutyas instructors at training institutions maintained by local fire authorities.
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He said that the duty was put on as a purely abnormal duty because of the dumping into this country, and that, in short, it was atemporaryduty.
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Shortly before the group was activated a gradual input of permanent party personnel was made to replace those ontemporaryduty.
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Selection to attend the course is a permanent change of station assignment, students do not attend in atemporarydutystatus.
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Shipped without unit organization or strong command, they were passed from onetemporarydutystation to another, often spending months between leaving their original organizations and assignment to a unit.
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Apartments and dormitories are replacing some of the 270 wooden hooches used for decades by permanent party personnel that are now used by permanent party andtemporarydutypersonnel.
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