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tour of duty en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A period of time spent on a specific assignment, especially on an overseas mission.
    • Almost every Marine in Viet Nam carries a short-timer’s calendar of his tour of duty—the usual 365 days—plus a bonus of 20 days for being a Marine. 1979, Gustav Hasford, The Short-Timers, New York: Bantam Books, published 1980, →ISBN, page 45:

Forms

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Translations (5)

fi palvelusaika (period of time spent on a specific assignment, especially on an overseas mission) · de Auslandseinsatz (period of time spent on a specific assignment, especially on an overseas mission) · es misión (period of time spent on a specific assignment, especially on an overseas mission) · cmn 任期 (period of time spent on a specific assignment, especially on an overseas mission) · fi komennusaika (period of time spent on a specific assignment, especially on an overseas mission)