1. due(n = noun.attribute) Array - that which is deserved or owed; "give the devil his due"
is a kind of right
2. due(n = noun.possession) Array - a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership); "the society dropped him for non-payment of dues"
is a kind of fixed charge, fixed cost, fixed costs
1. due(a = adj.all) Array - owed and payable immediately or on demand; "payment is due"
Antonym: undue
2. due(s = adj.all) Array - scheduled to arrive; "the train is due in 15 minutes"
3. due(a = adj.all) Array - 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"
Antonym: undue
4. due(s = adj.all) ascribable, imputable, referable - 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"
due(r = adv.all) Array - directly or exactly; straight; "went due North"
due, adj., n., & adv.
--adj.
1 (predic.) owing or payable as a debt or an obligation (our thanks are due to him; {pound}500 was due on the 15th).
2 (often foll. by to) merited; appropriate; fitting (his due reward; received the applause due to a hero).
3 rightful; proper; adequate (after due consideration).
4 (predic.; foll. by to) to be ascribed to (a cause, an agent, etc.) (the discovery was due to Newton).
5 (predic.) intended to arrive at a certain time (a train is due at 7.30).
6 (foll. by to + infin.) under an obligation or agreement to do something (due to speak tonight).
--n.
1 a person's right; what is owed to a person (a fair hearing is my due).
2 (in pl.) a what one owes (pays his dues). b a legally demandable toll or fee (harbour dues; university dues).
--adv. (of a point of the compass) exactly, directly (went due east; a due north wind).
Idiom:
due to disp. because of, owing to (was late due to an accident) (cf. sense 4 of adj.). fall (or become) due (of a bill etc.) be immediately payable. in due course
1 at about the appropriate time.
2 in the natural order.
Etymology:
ME f. OF de{uuml} ult. f. L debitus past part. of debere owe
N expedience, expediency, desirableness, desirability, fitness, utility, propriety, opportunism, advantage, high time, expedient, desirable, advisable, acceptable, convenient, worth while, meet, fit, fitting, due, proper, eligible, seemly, becoming, befitting, opportune, in loco, suitable, applicable, in the right place, conveniently, operae pretium est.
N debt, obligation, liability, indebtment, debit, score, bill, check, account (credit), arrears, deferred payment, deficit, default, insolvency, bad debt, interest, premium, usance, usury, floating debt, floating capital, debtor, debitor, mortgagor, defaulter, borrower, indebted, liable, chargeable, answerable for, in debt, in embarrassed circumstances, in difficulties, incumbered, involved, involved in debt, plunged in debt, deep in debt, over one's head in debt, over head and ears in debt, deeply involved, fast tied up, insolvent, minus, out of pocket, unpaid, unrequited, unrewarded, owing, due, in arrear, outstanding, past due, aes alienum debitorem leve gravius inimicum facit, neither a borrower nor a lender be.
N due, dueness, right, privilege, prerogative, prescription, title, claim, pretension, demand, birthright, immunity, license, liberty, franchise, vested interest, vested right, sanction, authority, warranty, charter, warrant, constitution, tenure, bond, claimant, appellant, plaintiff, having a right to, entitled to, claiming, deserving, meriting, worthy of, privileged, allowed, sanctioned, warranted, authorized, ordained, prescribed, constitutional, chartered, enfranchised, prescriptive, presumptive, absolute, indefeasible, unalienable, inalienable, imprescriptible, inviolable, unimpeachable, unchallenged, sacrosanct, due to, merited, deserved, condign, richly deserved, allowable, lawful, licit, legitimate, legal, legalized, square, unexceptionable, right, equitable, due, en r gle, fit, fitting, correct, proper, meet, befitting, becoming, seemly, decorous, creditable, up to the mark, right as a trivet, just the thing, quite the thing, selon les r gles, duly, ex officio, de jure, by right, by divine right, jure divino, Dei gratia, in the name of, civis Romanus sum, +a chaque saint sa chandelle, due, dueness, right, privilege, prerogative, prescription, title, claim, pretension, demand, birthright, immunity, license, liberty, franchise, vested interest, vested right, sanction, authority, warranty, charter, warrant, constitution, tenure, bond, claimant, appellant, plaintiff, having a right to, entitled to, claiming, deserving, meriting, worthy of, privileged, allowed, sanctioned, warranted, authorized, ordained, prescribed, constitutional, chartered, enfranchised, prescriptive, presumptive, absolute, indefeasible, unalienable, inalienable, imprescriptible, inviolable, unimpeachable, unchallenged, sacrosanct, due to, merited, deserved, condign, richly deserved, allowable, lawful, licit, legitimate, legal, legalized, square, unexceptionable, right, equitable, due, en r gle, fit, fitting, correct, proper, meet, befitting, becoming, seemly, decorous, creditable, up to the mark, right as a trivet, just the thing, quite the thing, selon les r gles, duly, ex officio, de jure, by right, by divine right, jure divino, Dei gratia, in the name of, civis Romanus sum, +a chaque saint sa chandelle.
be due, due care, due date, due east, due north, due process, due process of law, due south, due to, due west, in due course, in due season, in due time, not due, past due, right to due process