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overdue, a.
(ˈəʊvəˈdjuː: stress var.)
[over- 24 b.]
More than due; past the time when due. a. Of a bill, debt, etc.: Remaining unpaid after the assigned date. b. Of a ship, train, etc.: That has not appeared, or arrived, at the time fixed.
1845Stephen Comm. Laws Eng. (1874) II. 97 Overdue bonds for the payment of money. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Overdue,..as an unpaid account or bill of exchange; a vessel, train, etc. past time. 1884Weekly Notes 17 May 124/1 Mortgage debentures of the company, the interest on which was overdue. 1899Daily News 2 Mar. 9/1 It is of vast importance, when an overdue ship is reported to be safe, that those concerned should know it. a1904Mod. The train is already half an hour overdue.
c. Of a library book: that has been retained by the borrower or reader longer than the period allowed; overdue notice, a notification sent to a reader requesting the return of an overdue book. Hence as n., an overdue book.
1890T. Greenwood Public Libraries xxiii. 376 With this, as with other indicators,..books are shown in or out instantaneously,..and overdue books can be detected with little trouble. Ibid. 378 The borrowers' cards if arranged in a series of dated compartments, can be made to show the overdues. 1903J. D. Brown Man. Library Economy xxix. 384 Overdue books could easily be detected by a register of this kind, on simply scanning the column of returns, filled up by the librarian. Ibid. 387 This personal form of ledger..makes the detection of overdues difficult. 1938L. M. Harrod Librarians' Gloss. 109 Overdue notice, a request to a reader asking for the return of books which have been kept out beyond the time allowed. 1965Smith & Baxter College Library Administration vii. 133 Whether the incidence of seriously overdue books is significantly reduced by charging fines is a matter for conjecture. 1966E. V. Corbett Introd. Librarianship (ed. 2) i. xviii. 205 (heading) Fines and over⁓dues. Ibid. 206 Other libraries may find that it is more economical to send out the first overdue notice not earlier than two months after the date due for return. 1970Times 19 Nov. 15/6 He smiled only when he had returned them, like library books both overdue and unread, to the safety of the house. 1978T. Allbeury Lantern Network xiii. 199 A library reminder for two overdue books.
d. Of a woman: not having had a menstrual period at the expected time. colloq.
1970M. Tripp Man without Friends iii. 28 She placed her hand on mine, tenderly, ‘I'm not overdue,’ she said. 1972F. Warner Maquettes 16 He doesn't even know I'm overdue. And he hasn't had it for a week. 1976D. Francis In Frame viii. 115 She's feeling sick... I don't want a kid yet. She isn't overdue or anything. |