due

/du/

/dʒu/

Other forms: dues

Things that are due are owed — it's time to come up with them. Loans, library books, and school assignments usually have a due date.

The first question students usually ask when given an assignment is "When is it due?" The word due has to do with deadlines and things that are owed. When you're time is up on a library book, it's due. Many bills — such as cable and phone bills — are due once a month. If you miss a due date, you could be in trouble: you might get a bad grade on your paper or the cable guy might take away your favorite stations.

Definitions of due

1. noun

   that which is deserved or owed
   “give the devil his due”

   type of:

   right

   an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
2. noun

   a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership)
   “the society dropped him for non-payment of dues”

   type of:

   fixed charge, fixed cost, fixed costs

   a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.)
3. adjective

   owed and payable immediately or on demand
   “payment is due”

   synonyms:

   callable

   subject to a demand for payment before due date

   cod, collect

   payable by the recipient on delivery

   collectable, collectible, payable

   subject to or requiring payment especially as specified

   delinquent, overdue

   past due; not paid at the scheduled time

   receivable

   awaiting payment

   out-of-pocket

   calling for the spending of cash

   repayable

   subject to repayment

   antonyms:

   undue

   not yet payable
4. adjective

   scheduled to arrive
   “the train is due in 15 minutes”

   synonyms:

   expected

   considered likely or probable to happen or arrive
5. 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”

   antonyms:

   undue

   not appropriate or proper (or even legal) in the circumstances
6. adjective

   capable of being assigned or credited to
   “the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain”

   synonyms: ascribable, imputable, referable

   attributable

   capable of being attributed
7. adverb

   directly or exactly; straight
   “went due North”