due1 adjectivedue2 adverbdue3 noun
duedue1 /djuː $ duː/ ●●● S1 W1 adjective 
WORD ORIGINdue1
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French deu ‘owed’, past participle of devoir ‘to owe’, from Latin debere; ➔ DEBTEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- I was assured that any money due me would be sent immediately.
- Million dollar interest payments will be due in two years.
- She should be given the respect due a great educator.
- The computer printout shows the name and address of the buyer, the quantity ordered and the amount due.
- If he is competent, he knows the law, knows what he must do, and what is due him.
- In due course, it was time.
- On 10 October due to strong wind, four bamboos dropped off lowest layer of raft.
- Some 250 schools operate in 21 states with 100 more schools due to get under way in the coming year, Clinton said.
- The hearing was due to begin at Quezon City regional court on Dec. 9.
- Undoubtedly, due to measures introduced in the late 1980s, it is much safer than before.
Longman Language Activatorwhen someone or something is expected
· An expected crowd of 200,000 will take part in the march.· The expected increase in interest rates has already had an effect on stock prices.
a long-awaited event, book, film etc is one that people have been expecting for a long time: · Band members were celebrating the long-awaited release of their first album.· The court's long-awaited decision was unpopular with groups on both sides of the issue.
to be expected to happen, arrive, or be finished at a particular time: · When is your baby due?be due at: · The flight from New York is due at 10:30.be due in: · I've ruined the meal and our guests are due in half an hour!be due on: · The report is due on Monday, so we'll have to work over the weekend.be due to do something: · Federal employees are due to return to work on January 8.
when debts have not been paid · She left a number of unpaid bills when she went back home.· The card holder is liable for any unpaid debts.go/remain unpaid · Last month they owed £500. This went unpaid and the arrears will total £1000 by December.
an amount of money that is due should be paid now: · The computer printout shows the name and address of the buyer, the quantity ordered and the amount due.· Million dollar interest payments will be due in two years.
an amount of money that is outstanding is still owed to someone: · The government plans to reduce its outstanding debt, freeing capital for investment.· The amount outstanding on your house mortgage and any other loans will be counted as liabilities.
an amount of money that is owing is still left to be paid: · The total amount owing at the end of ten years will be over $20,000.· Most of the money has been repaid but there is still £5 owing.
WORD SETSabove the line, adjectiveabsorption rate, acceptance sampling, accountant, nounaccount balance, accounting, nounaccounting rate of return, accrued cost, accrued income, accumulation unit, acid ratio, actual price, A/D, adjustable peg, nounADR, nounadvancer, nounAER, aftermarket, nounAGI, aging schedule, agio, nounAICPA, allottee, nounallowable, adjectivealternative investment, amortizable, adjectiveannual earnings, annual income, annual value, annuity, nounappraiser, nounappropriate, verbappropriation, nounappropriation account, arb, nounas at, prepositionas of, prepositionasset, nounasset backing, asset shuffling, nounasset stripping, nounasset-stripping, verbasset turnover, asset value per share, Association for Payment Clearing Services, nounassured value, at best, adverbat call, adverbaudit, verbauditor, nounauditor's report, auto-financing, adjectiveaverage stock, backdate, verbbackup withholding, nounbackwardation, nounbad debt recovery, bail-out, nounbalanced fund, balance sheet, nounBaltic Exchange, nounbankroll, nounbase rate, nounbasis point, bed-and-breakfasting, nounbellwether, nounbelow the line, adjectivebeneficial owner, best efforts, adjectivebeta coefficient, nounbid and asked, adjectivebill rate, Black Friday, nounBlack Thursday, nounBlack Tuesday, nounBlack Wednesday, nounblank transfer, bond, nounbond fund, bond premium, bookbuilding, nounbook debt, book entry, book-keeper, nounbook-keeping, nounbottom fisher, nounbought deal, bourse, nounbreakeven, nounbreak-up value, buildings and contents insurance, buoy, verbbuoyancy, nounbuoyant, adjectivebusiness angel, nounbusiness entity, business manager, buyback, nounbuy-in, nounbuying power, buying price, buy limit order, buy order, buyout, nouncabinet bid, callable, adjectivecallable fixture, nouncap and collar, nouncapital appreciation, capital asset pricing model, capital charge, capital dilution, nouncapital equipment, capital flow, nouncapital gain, capital invested, nouncapitalization of reserves, nouncapitalize, verbcapitalized, adjectivecapital movement, nouncapital outlay, capital rationing, nouncapital stock, capital sum, capital surplus, capital transfer, capital value, CAR, carried down, adjectivecarried forward, adjectivecarried over, adjectivecarryback, nouncarryforward, nouncarrying charge, carry-over, nouncash account, cash at bank, nouncash basis, nouncashbook, nouncash column, cash equivalent, cash flow, nouncashless, adjectivecash management, cash price, CBOT, c/d, certificate of deposit, nouncertificate of occupancy, nouncertified public accountant, nounCFO, chain of title, nounChapter 7, nounChartered Financial Consultant, nounchartist, nounchattels real, nounChicago Board Options Exchange, nounChicago Mercantile Exchange, nounChinese wall, nounchurning, nounCISCO, nounclawback, nounclean opinion, nounclearer, nounclearing agent, nounclosed-end, adjectiveclosely held, adjectiveCMA, CME, COGS, collection ratio, Comex, nouncomfort letter, commercial agent, common ownership, company doctor, company limited by guarantee, nouncompany limited by shares, nouncomparables, nouncomparable-store sales, compensate, verbcompensating error, completion date, compound, verbcompound annual rate of return, nouncompound interest, nouncomptroller, nounComptroller and Auditor General, nounComptroller General, nounComptroller of the Currency, nouncompulsory purchase order, concert party, nounconsistency concept, nounconsolidated accounts, consolidator, nounConsols, nouncontango, nouncontinuous inventory, contra account, contra-asset account, contract note, controller, nouncontrol period, conversion premium, cooling-off period, nounco-operative society, corporate investment, cost, verbcost of goods sold, nouncounting-house, nouncoupon sheet, nounCPA, nounCPI, cramdown, nouncredit, nouncredit, verbcredit card payment, credit facility, creditor turnover rate, nouncredit quality, credit repair, credit standing, credit status, creeping control, CREST, nouncurrency pair, nouncurrency peg, nounDaily Official List, nounday book, nounday order, dead cat bounce, death futures, debt capital, debt ratio, decliner, noundeed of conveyance, noundeferred credits, noundeferred income, deferred share, degearing, noundeleverage, noundelinquent tax certificate, delivery date, demand note, dematerialize, verbdemonetize, verbdemutualize, verbdenominated, adjectivedeposit certificate, depository institution, deposit protection fund, noundepreciable life, depreciation account, deprival value, derivative lease, direct exchange, direct investment, direct labour, directors register, discount brokerage, discount loan, discretionary account, discretionary order, discretionary spending, diversifieds, noundivestment, nounDJIA, dollar-cost averaging, noundollars-and-cents, adjectivedomestic investment, double declining balance, double-witching, noundown payment, noundowntick, nounDPS, drawdown, noundrawing account, dual capacity, noundual listing, due, adjectivedue diligence, earn, verbEasdaq, nouneconomic, adjectiveeffective rate, emissions unit, encash, verbequity, nounequity investment, ERM, nounerror of commission, nounerror of omission, nounerror of posting, nounerror of principle, nounethical investment, Euribor, nounEuro.NM, nounEuropean interbank offered rate, exceptionals, nounexchange arbitrage, exchange of contracts, nounex gratia, adjectiveexpense ratio, expiration date, face amount, factor cost, factoring, nounfailure, nounfair value, fand, nounFederal funds, fee absolute, nounfigure, nounfinal accounts, final distribution, finance charge, Financial Accounting Standards Board, nounfinancial investment, financials, nounfinancial services, financial supermarket, financial year, nounfinancier, nounfirst in, first out, nounfirst-quarter, adjectivefixed assets, nounfixed costs, nounfixed-income investment, fixed investment, fixtures and fittings, nounfloater, nounflood insurance, flowback, nounflow of funds, nounfocus list, foreign investment, freehold possession, free movement, nounfriends, nounfront-running, nounfull-year, adjectivefully-subscribed, adjectivefunder, nounfungible, adjectivefutures, nounfuture value, FY, G & A, gainer, noungilts, nounGinnie Mae, nounGLOBEX, nounGNMA, noungolden share, golds, noungood-faith money, government investment, greenshoe, noungross, adjectivegross income, gross investment, group accounts, grubstake, nounguaranty, nounhealth warning, nounhigh end, nounhigh flyer, nounhigh-yield, adjectiveHip, nounholding, nounholding company, nounholdout, nounhomeowner's insurance, home repair, household insurance, idle balance, imprest, nouninactive account, incentive fee, income and expenditure account, income share, incubator space, index-linked, adjectiveindirect exchange, industrials, nouninherit, verbinheritance, nouninjection, nounIN.SECTS, nouninstitutional investment, interest cover, International Monetary Fund, nounInternational Securities Exchange, nouninvest, verbinvestment, nouninvestment income, investor, nouninvestor resistance, issuance, nounissue flop, nounissuer, nounkerb market, key money, large-cap, nounlast in, first out, nounlast sale, leaseback, nounleasehold possession, ledger, nounledger clerk, legal investment, lending rate, nounletter of comfort, nounleverage, verblifecycle cost, LIFO, like-for-like, adjectiveliquidity, nounliquid ratio test, loading, nounloan-to-value ratio, London Clearing House, nounM & A, management charge, mandatory general offer, margin account, market order, material fact, nounmature, adjectivematurity, nounmid-cap, nounMMC, mortgage protection insurance, multiple (share) application, municipals, nounNational Market System, nounNational Savings Stock Register, nounNBV, net, adjectivenet, verbnet 10/eom, adverbnet 30, adverbnet annual value, net asset backing, net asset value, net book value, net income, net interest, net investment, net present value, net realizable value, nominal accounts, nominal price, nominal value, non-payment, nounnon-recurring, adjectivenote issuance facility, NPV, NTA, number-cruncher, nounOEIC, offer for sale, nounoff-market, adjectiveon demand, adverbopen interest, nounopen-market, adjectiveopen outcry, nounoperating income, option, nounoption premium, option pricing model, options contract, order-driven, adjectiveorigination, nounoutflow, nounoutturn, nounoutward investment, overallotment, nounoverborrow, verboverbought, adjectiveovercapitalized, adjectiveovergeared, adjectiveoverissue, nounoverlend, verboverseas investment, overtrade, verbowner-operator, nounP&L, packager, nounpaperchase, nounpar value, pass-through, nounpawn, verbpayables, nounpay and file, nounpaying agent, payout ratio, PDR, pension fund, nounpension plan, nounPE ratio, performance guarantee, permission to build, nounpersonal investment, petrodollars, nounPink Sheets, nounplanning application, plat book, pledgee, nounplot plan, pooling of interests, nounpork bellies, nounportfolio, nounpoundage, nounppd., prelease, verbpremium bond, nounpresale, nounprice-sensitive, adjectiveprimary share, prime-1, nounprime tenant, principal, nounprivate company, private income, nounprivate investment, privately-owned, adjectiveprivate placing, proceeds, nounprofit-taking, nounpro-forma, adjectivepro-forma invoice, prompt date, prompt note, property, nounproperty investment, pro rata, adjectiveprorate, verbpublic investment, publicly-held, adjectivepurchase journal, nounpurchases account, purse, nounp.w., quote-driven, adjectiveramping, nounrandom walk, nounratable, adjectiverateable value, rate of return, nounrating agency, real, adjectivereal accounts, real estate investment, realization concept, nounrebound, verbreceiver, nounreceivership, nounrecoup, verbrecuperate, verbred ink, nounredlining, nounrefunding, nounRegional Stock Exchange, nounregistered stock, REIT, nounremarket, verbREMIC, nounremit, verbremittance, nounrent, verbrental, nounrent-free, adjectiverepatriate, verbrepurchase agreement, research manager, reserve requirement, reserves, nounresidual value, resource, verbresults, nounretainer, nounretirement plan, nounreturn, verbreturn, nounrevenue, nounreverse share split, risk analysis, nounrisk profile, ROA, root of title, royalty payment, ruin, verbsale and repurchase agreement, sales account, sales budget, sales charge, sales returns account, salvage value, nounsame-store sales, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, nounsaving, nounSavings and Loan Association, nounSEATS, nounsecondary shares, second-tier share, securities house, security rating, self-dealing, nounself-liquidating, adjectiveSETS, nounsettlement date, settling day, nounshare application, share exchange offer, share manipulation, share split, shark repellent, nounshelf registration, Ship, nounshort-covering, nounshort-term gain, sinking fund, nounsiphon, verbsliding peg, nounsmall-cap, nounSOX, nounspeculate, verbspeculation, nounspeculative, adjectivespeculative investment, squeeze, verbstk., stockbrokerage, nounstock count, nounstockholding, nounstock parking, nounstock valuation, stop order, straight line, adjectivestructural analysis, sublet, verbsubsidize, verbsubsidy, nounsubvention, nounsum of the digits, nounsundries account, super voting rights, sustainability index, swaption, nounsystematic risk, technical analysis, technical analyst, technical correction, technicals, nountenant at sufferance, nountenant at will, nountenant for years, nountenant in common, nounterm, nountippee, nountipper, nountip sheets, nountotal, verbtrading loss, trading profit, transfer, verbtransfer agent, transfer register, trigger point, triple-A, adjectivetriple-witching, nountrue and fair view, nountrust, nountrust company, trustee, nountrusteeship, nountrust fund, nounturnover ratio, undercapitalized, adjectiveundercharge, verbunderfunded, adjectiveunder-investment, noununderreport, verbundervalued, verbunderwriting power, unearned income, ungeared, adjectiveunitize, verbunit of account, noununsystematic risk, upfront fee, uptick, nounvault cash, vendor placing, Wall Street, war chest, nounweak, adjectiveworking capital, nounwrite-off, nounwritten-down value, yield spread, yield to call, nounyield to maturity, nounYTD, YTM, zaitech, nounZ-score, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
We want the best for each individual child with due regard for the interests of the other children.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The restaurant’s success was due largely to its new manager. Attendance at the meeting was small, due in part to (=partly because of) the absence of teachers. The company’s problems are partly due to bad management.
We want the best for each individual child with due regard for the interests of the other children. (=is expected to be born)· When is your baby due?
formal (=the carefulness that is necessary)· An over-confident driver may overtake without due caution.
· Occasionally flights are cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control.
(=the necessary and suitable consideration)· A lot of building took place without due consideration for the effect it would have on the area.
(=the date by which something is due to happen)· Payment must be made by the due date.
The restaurant’s success was due largely to its new manager. Attendance at the meeting was small, due in part to (=partly because of) the absence of teachers. The company’s problems are partly due to bad management.· The aim is to get the job done as cheaply as possible, with due regard to high standards.
(=it must be paid at a particular time)· The rent is due at the beginning of the week.
(=suitable)· ‘I want proper respect,’ said Mother.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· He is also due in Orkney this morning to hear evidence from concerned councillors and officials as part of his inquiry.· It is also due to the fact that t ere are human intentions and abilities involved.· Ayr, where racing is also due to take place on those two days are expected to make a decision today.· She was also due to wear a £20,000 necklace-a present from Brad.· The pressure of the gas is also due to the random motion of molecules.· And Cheshire coroner John Hibbert is also due to open an inquest today.· Thomas, who was also due to be sentenced yesterday, jumped bail last October.· Municipal and communal elections also due on May 6 would still be held on that date.
· The remainder were largely due to sewage, industrial pollution or oil spillages.· That was largely due to the centralized organization mandated for all Air Force wings-and its damaging results.· Global warming is largely due to the loading of the atmosphere with carbon dioxide.· In my view, this is largely due to the fact that he saw purpose very much in terms of particular design.· Officials said the increase was largely due to extra holidays abroad encouraged by the favourable exchange rate of sterling.· Thus, present-day surface relief is largely due to movements that occurred during and since the Tertiary Period.· The improved forecast is largely due to lower projected costs for Medicare and Medicaid and welfare reform.
· This is partly due to parents not placing high value on a daughter's education.· Yet the Warriors won Sunday night, partly due to the efforts of two of the only three forwards they had.· The turnaround also was partly due to sharp cost-cutting to offset the effects of failed new products.· I am sorry about the late arrival of our response which is partly due the time involved in consulting member organisations.· Bush's shaky mandate was partly due to the closeness of the election vote and the legal wrangling afterwards.
NOUN· He's due back home at the end of the month, and will be totally involved on the Grand Prix circuit.· This was the day, his secretary had told her, that Alexander was due back.· Diana was due back in Britain early today while Charles continued his Far East tour.· He's due back next week.· She glanced at her watch, realising she didn't know when Dana and Garry were due back.· She's not been home since, though she is due back soon.· On the day he was due back I had lunch in the college dining hall with two friends from my year.
· He's already been fined 250 pounds for driving without due care and attention.· The armed forces will take due care to avoid injury to civilians or their property. 37.· Without their present powers even more of us would drive without due care and attention and the road casualty figures would soar.· Even general relativity can, if due care is exercised, be subsumed into the Hamiltonian framework.· He was found guilty of driving without due care and attention.· Then she undressed with due care for her dress, unbelievably crisp after its night of stress.· The court held that this should not have happened if due care had been used and the doctrine was applied.· The plaintiff sued the defendants for breach of contract to exercise due care in giving him financial advice.
· The case was given due consideration, but in the end the plea made by his son Sergo was rejected.· After due consideration she decided to go from the sublime to the ridiculous.· I question whether the inspectorate is giving it due consideration.· All bids, from whatever source, will be given due consideration.· However I've been told there is no law of trespass as long as there is due consideration to private property.· They should be taken seriously and be given due consideration.· At the same time due consideration must always be given to the visual effect of the grain markings.
· In due course the main gallery will be refurbished and modernised to provide an important contribution to the cultural amenities of Bristol.· In due course, these accounts found their way into print.· All the information obtained is being collated and will be published in the Journal in due course.· In due course Agnes forgot her first impulse, yet was moving inexorably on an almost preordained path.· The Social Secretary reported on the winter programme - details of each event from him in due course.· I look forward, therefore, to receiving your cheque for £1300 in due course.
· Practice varies as to whether the investor should disclose the due diligence report to the vendor.· Presumably the Democratic National Committee checked the guest list with due diligence as to foreign corporate connections.· Terms of reference for due diligence will naturally be a matter for yourselves and the investigating accountants to consider and agree.· Indemnities for specific items already identified by the key features review and any further items discovered at due diligence.· I think the answer is, after due diligence, we will be looking at expansion.· They will of course be subject to a number of conditions such as inter alia a given level of profits and due diligence.· And predators may be hesitating longer than i the past, over due diligence studies.· Following due diligence the purchaser may try to seek price reductions to cover issues which their accountant's have identified.
· Such total contempt for due process of law demands serious sanctions.· Tenured teachers have a property interest in continued employment and therefore are always entitled to due process protections prior to dismissal.· Anger at what has been perpetrated and an insistence on due process are the essential combination in dealing with war crimes.· But that liberty is not guaranteed absolutely against deprivation, only against deprivation without due process of law.· An outrageous violation of due process required even more severe sanction.· Neither Till nor Parker benefited from that due process thing.· Other courts have found due process violations because the school board was not sitting as an impartial hearing body.· But, as this Court has recognized, discrimination may be so unjustifiable as to be violative of due process.
· The owner of land must have due regard for others who occupy adjoining property.· This can lead to duties being allocated without due regard for the needs of patients.· Failure to take due regard of this obligation places your patients at risk and may jeopardise your right to practise.· Thus good planning must have due regard for economic realities.· I have always been led to believe that we must pay due regard to a Bill's title.
· The Home Office was willingly cooperating with other authorities to ensure the events passed off peacefully and with due respect.· With all due respect to February, it can be one of the most mundane months of the sports year.· The headteacher exercises the delegated authority with care and due respect for both the power and responsibility it entails.· With due respect to our father, a very nice man, Mum possessed all the charisma.· Yet, with all due respect, are there not too many central bankers stalking the globe?· Dad, with all due respect, was not exactly the most suitable husband.· Even so, the All Blacks, who include seven capped players, will give today's opponents due respect.· Apparently they had not approached with due respect to the spirits of the Hills.
· My valet, Purvis, will find out which in due time.· Ah yes, in due time.· In due time, I returned to the country about the city of Geneva.· In due time such a man came to the town.· I arrived there at the due time and waited and waited, but no corporal appeared.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► (give) credit where credit is due► with (the greatest) respect/with (all) due respect
- All the information obtained is being collated and will be published in the Journal in due course.
- Emap will immediately commence the search for a new Finance Director and will announce an appointment in due course.
- Further details will be sent out in due course but please lodge your interest early to help them plan the event.
- I look forward to hearing from you in due course.
- I look forward, therefore, to receiving your cheque for £1300 in due course.
- If the case became important, Holder figured, paperwork would cross his desk in due course.
- There he was in due course tried on indictment, convicted and sentenced for the offences.
- Apparently they had not approached with due respect to the spirits of the Hills.
- Dad, with all due respect, was not exactly the most suitable husband.
- The Home Office was willingly cooperating with other authorities to ensure the events passed off peacefully and with due respect.
- Yet, with all due respect, are there not too many central bankers stalking the globe?
- Their rent is three months past due.
- To truly justify the praise he survives on, Hartley is past due a crack at the mainstream.
WORD FAMILYadverbduedulyundulynoundueduesadjectivedueundue
1expected [not before noun] expected to happen or arrive at a particular timedue to do something The team are due to fly to Italy next month. His new book is due to be published next year.due in/on/at She’s pregnant and the baby’s due in April. The final results of the experiment are due on December 9. I’m due at his office at 4.30.due for The car is due for its annual service again.due back When are the library books due back? → due date2owed owed to someone either as a debt or because they have a right to it: Any money due you will be sent by cheque through the post.due to Thanks are due to all those who took part.3money if an amount of money is due, it must be paid at a particular time: The next income tax payment is due on 31 January.4in due course at some time in the future when it is the right time, but not before: Further details will be announced in due course.5proper [only before noun] formal proper or suitable: He was banned for six months for driving without due care and attention.due regard/consideration We want the best for each individual child with due regard for the interests of the other children.6with (all) due respect spoken used when you disagree with someone or criticize them in a polite way: Dad, with all due respect, was not a very good husband. → duly, due todue1 adjectivedue2 adverbdue3 noun
duedue2 ●●○ adverb EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Beehive, another sulfide edifice, is a five-minute submersible ride due west of Moose.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The restaurant’s success was due largely to its new manager. Attendance at the meeting was small, due in part to (=partly because of) the absence of teachers. The company’s problems are partly due to bad management.
(=is expected to be born)· When is your baby due?
formal (=the carefulness that is necessary)· An over-confident driver may overtake without due caution.
· Occasionally flights are cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control.
(=the necessary and suitable consideration)· A lot of building took place without due consideration for the effect it would have on the area.
(=the date by which something is due to happen)· Payment must be made by the due date.
The restaurant’s success was due largely to its new manager. Attendance at the meeting was small, due in part to (=partly because of) the absence of teachers. The company’s problems are partly due to bad management.· The aim is to get the job done as cheaply as possible, with due regard to high standards.
(=it must be paid at a particular time)· The rent is due at the beginning of the week.
(=suitable)· ‘I want proper respect,’ said Mother.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► (give) credit where credit is due► with (the greatest) respect/with (all) due respect
- At noon, the storm was 150 miles due east of New York City.
- As we were heading due north, we would remain to the right, or east, of that squiggle.
- Beehive, another sulfide edifice, is a five-minute submersible ride due west of Moose.
- Fort William is due north of Glasgow but the Ben Nevis range effectively barred a direct course for the line.
- Jouctas is also clearly seen, to due south, from the ancient harbor of Knossos.
- The direction is there, she said when she came down, and she pointed due west.
- The main track on which they were travelling led due west for a while and then turned slightly north.
- The road into Mountain Province, due east of Tamarong, zigzagged along a sharp ridge high above the rice terraces.
- This he grew long and combed up, due north.
- Their rent is three months past due.
- To truly justify the praise he survives on, Hartley is past due a crack at the mainstream.
WORD FAMILYadverbduedulyundulynoundueduesadjectivedueundue
due north/south/east/west directly to the north, south, east, or westdue1 adjectivedue2 adverbdue3 noun
duedue3 noun EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- At first I thought they were upset about the dues, which had been doubled.
- Most of the income comes from membership dues and from sales.
- Surely, if she was the caring person she makes out, she would insist on paying her dues.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Freddy, to give him his due (=to be fair to him), always tried to be honest. Robert failed to pay his dues last year.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The restaurant’s success was due largely to its new manager. Attendance at the meeting was small, due in part to (=partly because of) the absence of teachers. The company’s problems are partly due to bad management.
Freddy, to give him his due (=to be fair to him), always tried to be honest. Robert failed to pay his dues last year. (=is expected to be born)· When is your baby due?
formal (=the carefulness that is necessary)· An over-confident driver may overtake without due caution.
· Occasionally flights are cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control.
(=the necessary and suitable consideration)· A lot of building took place without due consideration for the effect it would have on the area.
(=the date by which something is due to happen)· Payment must be made by the due date.
The restaurant’s success was due largely to its new manager. Attendance at the meeting was small, due in part to (=partly because of) the absence of teachers. The company’s problems are partly due to bad management.· The aim is to get the job done as cheaply as possible, with due regard to high standards.
(=it must be paid at a particular time)· The rent is due at the beginning of the week.
(=suitable)· ‘I want proper respect,’ said Mother.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Similar conservatism is reflected in the treatment of revenue from feudal dues.· On his death there were then no freehold estates to pass and therefore no liability to feudal dues.
VERB· However, I state again that enforcement procedures offer plenty of opportunities for some one to pay their dues and so avoid imprisonment.· At that time, enough members paid their dues voluntarily to keep services going.· We're divorced now and he pays his dues, but won't have anything to do with me or our son.· But it is important that you pay your dues.· They had a leadership, and members who paid dues and were organized in local groups.· Singers pay dues of about $ 10 per month and provide their own concert attire.· Given that Washington has for years refused to pay its dues in full, this discrepancy has caused resentment.· She paid her dues playing in clubs in the West Coast and New York.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► (give) credit where credit is due► with (the greatest) respect/with (all) due respect
- Their rent is three months past due.
- To truly justify the praise he survives on, Hartley is past due a crack at the mainstream.
WORD FAMILYadverbduedulyundulynoundueduesadjectivedueundue
1your due your due is what you deserve, or something it is your right to have: He accepted all the praise he received as his due. Freddy, to give him his due (=to be fair to him), always tried to be honest.2dues [plural] regular payments you make to an organization of which you are a member SYN fees: Robert failed to pay his dues last year.