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due (do̵̅o̅, dyo̵̅o̅)

adjective

  1. owed or owing as a debt, right, etc.; payable the first payment is due
  2. suitable; fitting; proper with all due respect
  3. as much as is required; enough; adequate due care, in due time
  4. expected or scheduled to arrive or be ready; timed for a certain hour or date the plane is due at 6:30 P.M.

Etymology: ME < OFr deu, pp. of devoir, to owe < L debere, to owe: see debt

adverb

exactly; directly due west

noun

anything due or owed; specif.,
  1. deserved recognition to give a man his due
  2. fees, taxes, or other charges membership dues
due Idioms

become due

or fall due
to become payable as previously arranged

due to

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  1. caused by; resulting from an omission due to oversight
  2. Informal because of: widely so used despite objections by some grammarians the name was omitted due to oversight

pay one's dues

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Slang to earn certain rights, privileges, etc. as by having suffered in struggle

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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