1. in the military, duration of a specific military assignment.
2. hours an employee is scheduled to work. Tours of duty are contiguous blocks of time. For example, a daytime tour of duty may be from 8 a . m . to 4 p . m .
| Total Quality Management (TQM), Total Paid, Total Loss | |
| Tout, Town House, Trace, Tracer |
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