WordNet
n. the time period during which you are at work [syn: shift, work shift]
Usage examples of "duty period".
So much so that the next meeting with Murchison, when they would be together in their quarters in circumstances which would inevitably lead to physical intimacy, was something he had been dreading with increasing intensity as their next off-duty period drew closer.
Moki, Sreekah-pol, and Hakukka-jo spent their latest off-duty period as they had spent every one for weeks, complaining.
After gulping down some leftover bread and cheese from the Meal Hall and washing up quickly, Cerryl hurried up the steps to the upper level of the White Tower, glad that his gate-guard duty was only a normal duty period, rather than two.
Because it states quite clearly in the Terms of Employment section that, should you leave the bulb booth unattended during your duty period, you will have committed a crime against the state.
A watch is the duty period of a sentry: one-tenth of the night, or approximately one hour and 15 minutes.