high-duty

adjective

1

of a machine : being capable of doing a large amount of work in a specified time

a high-duty drill

2

: constituting products subject to a relatively high tax

high-duty goods

Word History

Etymology

from the phrase high duty

First Known Use

1740, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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