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due — adj [Old French deu, past participle of devoir to owe, from Latin debere] 1 a: satisfying or capable of satisfying an obligation, duty, or requirement under the law the buyer s due performance under the contract due proof of loss b: proper under… … Law dictionary
due — Just; proper; regular; lawful; sufficient; reasonable, as in the phrases due care, due process of law, due notice. Owing; payable; justly owed. That which one contracts to pay or perform to another; that which law or justice requires to be paid… … Black's law dictionary
due — Just; proper; regular; lawful; sufficient; reasonable, as in the phrases due care, due process of law, due notice. Owing; payable; justly owed. That which one contracts to pay or perform to another; that which law or justice requires to be paid… … Black's law dictionary
due to — 1. The use of due to is one of the key topics of discussion in debates about correct usage, along with infer/imply and the split infinitive. As an adjective meaning ‘owing, payable, attributable, (of an event etc.) intended to happen or arrive’… … Modern English usage
due — adj Due, rightful, condign are comparable when they mean being in accordance with what is just and appro priate. Due, which basically means owed or owing as a debt, carries over in the sense here considered a strong implication that the thing so… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
owing — adjective 1 (not before noun) especially BrE if money is owing, it has not yet been paid to the person who should receive it: There s still over 100 owing to the bank. 2 owing to because of: Owing to a lack of funds, the project will not continue … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
due — dueness, n. /dooh, dyooh/, adj. 1. owed at present; having reached the date for payment: This bill is due. 2. owing or owed, irrespective of whether the time of payment has arrived: This bill is due next month. 3. owing or observed as a moral or… … Universalium
due — /dju / (say dyooh) adjective 1. immediately payable. 2. owing, irrespective of whether the time of payment has arrived. 3. rightful; proper; fitting: *He said his government was following due process. Due process is sometimes slow process, but… …
due — 1. adjective 1) their fees were due Syn: owing, owed, payable; outstanding, overdue, unpaid, unsettled, undischarged, delinquent 2) the chancellor s statement is due today Syn: expected, anticipated … Thesaurus of popular words
Due — Due, a. [OF. deu, F. d[^u], p. p. of devoir to owe, fr. L. debere. See {Debt}, {Habit}, and cf. {Duty}.] 1. Owed, as a debt; that ought to be paid or done to or for another; payable; owing and demandable. [1913 Webster] 2. Justly claimed as a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
