Associations to the word «Due»

Wiktionary

DUE, adjective. Owed or owing.
DUE, adjective. Appropriate.
DUE, adjective. Scheduled; expected.
DUE, adjective. Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.
DUE, adjective. Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
DUE, adverb. (used with compass directions) Directly; exactly.
DUE, noun. Deserved acknowledgment.
DUE, noun. (in plural dues) A membership fee.
DUE, noun. That which is owed; debt; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done, duty.
DUE, noun. Right; just title or claim.
DUE COURSE, noun. (idiomatic) Regular or appropriate passage or occurrence
DUE DATE, noun. The date on which a pregnant woman is expected to give birth.
DUE DATE, noun. The date of payment in financial arrangements.
DUE DATE, noun. The date by which a book (or other item) borrowed from a library must be returned.
DUE DATE, noun. The date by which a task is supposed to be completed.
DUE DATES, noun. Plural of due date
DUE DILIGENCE, noun. (legal) A legally binding process during which a potential buyer evaluates the assets and liabilities of a company.
DUE PROCESS, noun. (legal) A legal concept where a person is ensured all legal rights when deprived of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for a given reason.
DUE PROCESS, noun. (legal) The limits of laws and legal proceedings, so as to ensure a person fairness, justice and liberty.
DUE PROCESS OF LAW, noun. (legal) due process
DUE TO, preposition. Caused by; resulting from.

Dictionary definition

DUE, noun. That which is deserved or owed; "give the devil his due".
DUE, noun. A payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership); "the society dropped him for non-payment of dues".
DUE, adverb. Directly or exactly; straight; "went due North".
DUE, adjective. Owed and payable immediately or on demand; "payment is due".
DUE, adjective. Scheduled to arrive; "the train is due in 15 minutes".
DUE, adjective. Suitable to or expected in the circumstances; "all due respect"; "due cause to honor them"; "a long due promotion"; "in due course"; "due esteem"; "exercising due care".
DUE, adjective. Capable of being assigned or credited to; "punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading"; "the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain"; "the oversight was not imputable to him".

Wise words

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