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Definition of due in English: dueadjective djuːd(j)u 1predicative Expected at or planned for at a certain time. with infinitive talks are due to adjourn tomorrow Example sentencesExamples - The Earl and Countess of Wessex are also expected today and tomorrow, while the Princess Royal is due at York Racecourse on Thursday and Friday.
- Instinct suggests the downturn is due relatively soon.
- A special executive meeting of the union, due tomorrow, is now expected to sanction strike action.
- Karen's train was due in soon after 2, so I made my way back to the station, having to squeeze through a thick colonnade of cyclists in order to do so.
- His playing gear was still in our room so I knew he hadn't gone to the court yet, despite him being due there soon.
- Her second book is due out soon.
- A major collection of new poems, Notes of a Blissful Ghost, translated by Brian Holton, is due soon from the Chinese University of Hong Kong Press.
- More official tests are due from police labs soon.
- However, it's understood that a second email is due out soon, although there is no indication of what it might say or what new insults it might contain for all those who have dare speak up.
- Also next year the European elections are due with both polls expected to go ahead on the same day, June 10.
- The figures for last year, due soon, are expected to show a further increase.
- My brother Luca is due home soon, although I must warn you, it's very possible he won't be alone.
- A second novel, Having A Lovely Time, is due out soon.
- He added this is a particularly dangerous time of year because the sardines have passed by and sharks following the moving food chain are due here soon.
- Then we went back to Aunt Linda's house since Uncle Jack was due home soon.
- This was the deciding point, as the bell for end of lunch was soon due.
- An announcement of a picket is due soon after.
- Sky Hawks say the next generation of their cases is due out soon and I'll definitely be keeping an interested eye on those.
- She had reportedly told her husband Kevin that she was expecting a child, due December 12.
- The broadcaster is due up in court tomorrow on a drink-driving charge.
Synonyms expected, required, awaited, anticipated, scheduled for - 1.1 (of a payment) required at a certain time.
the May instalment was due Example sentencesExamples - The Christmas credit card bills are in and by now payment is due.
- Don't forget that club membership fees for the 2004 season are due soon.
- Sudthana said she does not want to pay the yearly fee of 700 baht a card, some of which is due soon.
- Extortion may particularly go along with insecurity concerning when the next payment is due.
- Please note the balance of payments are now due.
- Coupon payments are due on January 1 and July 1 each year until maturity on January 1, 2019.
- Then, a month before his first payment was due, he sold the network back to NBC for $230 million.
- Unlike Lucent's debt, Revlon's $1.59 billion in debt is due relatively soon.
- What prevents the taxi driver from pretending that payment is still due, pointing to the amount displayed by the meter?
- On the day he left, he discovered Lynne was pregnant with their first child, his mortgage payment was due, and he had just $700 in the bank.
- Lee testified that this meant that payment was due when each of these items was supplied and installed, but I disagree.
- Yet what happened the day the payment was due was anything but normal.
- The last payment was due when they arrived at their final destination.
- Final payments are now due on the parish pilgrimage to Lourdes, taking place from August 13 to August 18.
- Now the choice can be made after the bonus amount is known, provided the agreement has been set up before the payment is due.
- New technology installed in more than 100,000 vehicles offers drivers a friendly reminder when the car payments are due.
- He glared at the bartender with eyes that could make a heart stop and said ‘You're payment is due.’
- Please note final payment is due before Thursday, August 15.
- A reminder to all the ladies travelling to Westport in September that the balance of payment is due on or before the last week in July.
- Closer to your departure date the balance of your payment is due.
Synonyms owing, owed, to be paid, payable, payable now, payable immediately, receivable immediately outstanding, overdue, unpaid, unsettled, undischarged North American delinquent, past due - 1.2 (of a person) having reached a point where the thing mentioned is required or owed.
Example sentencesExamples - I wondered what was up as I knew that he was not due for an injection today.
- He was due for retirement last February after 20 years of service.
- It is also a matter of serious concern that over half of all science teachers are due for retirement within the next five years.
- Meanwhile, Keane also claimed he was not due for an operation, despite rumours of a problem with either his knee or hip.
- He was due for release and is probably out now; she hopes so.
- Gerry is due for release in the UK later this year.
- Court advocates when someone is due for trial who has been responsible for having a significantly negative impact on a community's quality of life, members of that community attend court.
- He was due for a third visit in 2003 but was too weak to travel.
- However, he could not be fired because he was due for retirement.
- Put them in a shopping bag and let your folks know you're due for trip to your friendly neighborhood dry cleaner.
- When he left school, he was due for National Service in 6 months, so it was difficult to get a job, so he took the position as a hotel bellboy.
- The next encounter I had with the razor came about two weeks later, when I went back to the bathroom mirror to inspect my chin and see if I was due for a shave.
- He was due for an appointment with the police on Tuesday at 9pm but cancelled it at 6.35 pm and warned he would take his own life.
- I'm not due for my next ultrasound for almost another two weeks.
- I'm due for a new set and am always interested in what other folks use.
- He was due for a break and this could be a big story, or at least an emotional one, which was the same thing in the eyes of most modern journalists.
- I'm due for a visit back to the wine discount center.
- We thought he was surely due for retirement even two years ago, but he's shown today that there's certainly life in those old legs yet.
- Originally, I was not due for parole until 2028.
- I'm due for a break this month for about two weeks and man, do I need it.
- 1.3 (of a thing) required or owed as a legal or moral obligation.
he was only taking back what was due to him you must pay any income tax due Example sentencesExamples - When the company went under, Beggs told the receiver that €3.7 million was due in outstanding debts.
- He said he is reviewing legal options to avoid paying the fine, due in 30 days.
- This mortgage was to become due and payable 60 days after the termination of a lease granted to the Mother.
- Players who have lent money are entitled to add the amounts still due plus unpaid interest.
- It also meant that interest on the amount assessed to be due became payable from the date of the judge's judgment.
- Workers cannot secure the liability of wages or holiday pay earned, or, indeed, of redundancy compensation that is due and payable.
- This is the case, even though it was not due and payable until after the assignment.
- However, a final decision on the plan which was due before Christmas, is now not expected until the end of this month at the earliest.
- He has prevaricated over the payment of sums acknowledged to be due, though the sum currently due and payable by way of costs is not alleged to be large.
- They may be content to register a charge for the tax due on the widow's home and pick up the proceeds after she dies.
- This will be due tomorrow, I expect your best work.
Synonyms deserved by, merited by, earned by, warranted by appropriate to, fit for, fitting for, suitable for, right for, proper to archaic meet for
2attributive Of the proper quality or extent. driving without due care and attention Example sentencesExamples - A Pennine Division officer was found guilty at court of driving without due care and attention, failing to stop and failing to report a road traffic accident.
- If you use a mobile phone and you crash your car (or drive without due care and attention) you are likely to be prosecuted.
- This week he admitted driving without due care and attention, and was fined £483 with nine points on his licence.
- Any business that treats its customers without due care and consideration is not fulfilling its most important role.
- I have to wonder whether my critics have truly read it with due care and attention.
- All are rendered with due care and attention to detail.
- I smoke with due care and consideration for other people.
- But pressing without due care and attention can give away chances and, as Currie looked certain to score again, the course of the game changed direction alarmingly.
- Our message to dog owners is that they must take due and proper care of their pets and of Manchester's environment.
- He was cleared of driving without due care or attention.
- I also feel that the clean air standard could have been given due and proper consideration.
- He was jailed for five years for causing death by driving without due care and attention, perverting the course of justice and driving while disqualified.
- Accidents can be avoided if due care and attention is taken.
- The magistrates heard that he had failed to provide a specimen and had driven without due care and attention at Canvey Island.
- Mr Brennan said accidents could be avoided if due care and attention was taken and he urged all involved in farm work to do so.
- A 16 year old from Kempston has been arrested and charged with death by failure of due care and attention and being under the influence of alcohol.
- That emotional storyline is hurled about without due care and attention.
- Anyway, I want to assure the public, that since the prime minister has placed me in this new ministry, the police will be given due care and attention.
- If the police think you are cycling without due care and attention, they can already stop you and book you.
- ‘The important thing is that the submissions from both bidders are given proper and due consideration,’ he told the House.
Synonyms proper, right and proper, correct, rightful, fitting, suitable, appropriate, apt, adequate, sufficient, enough, ample, satisfactory, requisite formal condign archaic meet
noun djuːd(j)u 1one's due/duesOne's right; what is owed to one. he thought it was his due Example sentencesExamples - The poor come into the field and take their due from the owners - by right!
- As one might expect with due deference to his age his recollection was not always absolutely accurate on the detail of each joint financial transaction over the last decade.
- Sledge gives the common soldier his just due in eloquent prose that explores the emotions and trauma associated with a brutal war and its consequences.
- But he knew that this was something he could not automatically expect as his due.
- Some say the public gets its due with the program itself.
- Nor do they wish to pay a penny less than the whole amount of tax due from them to the Government.
- Rathbone argued that motherhood was socially valuable and thus compensable, entitled to the respect due such an important profession.
Synonyms rightful treatment, fair treatment, deserved fate, just punishment right, entitlement rights, just deserts, deserts informal comeuppance archaic recompense 2duesAn obligatory payment; a fee. he had paid trade union dues for years Example sentencesExamples - His failure to keep proper records makes it very difficult for him to disprove the inspector's assessment of tax dues.
- Clubs can elect to charge members a fee to use the kiosk or they can incorporate the cost into the joining fees and monthly dues.
- If dues or registration fees are paid in advance, the recognition of the revenues is deferred.
- The majority of serfs worked on the land, and after rendering their dues could dispose of any surplus as they wished.
- The principal medium for the payment of these dues was the denarius or silver penny.
- No ship could be unloaded without the permission of a Hong merchant, who was then held responsible for the payment of all tariffs and harbour dues.
- Taxes, ransoms or customs dues were sometimes paid in spices and in France it was once what litigants paid to the judge.
- These included the payment of salary arrears, the payment of dues of retired employees and outstanding promotions.
- They paid for the first party and solicited dues from the attendees who wanted to see more of the same.
- For the $40 annual dues, members have access to over $700 of deals and discounts.
- Others say he is driven by the percentage of dues he can reap from large salary increases.
- Other expenses that qualify include union dues and tax preparation fees.
- It had once been the case that a worker who did not wish to join a union or pay its dues refrained from joining and was not obligated to pay dues.
- It was conceded that membership required no payment of dues nor any other participation in the affairs of the organization.
- The membership dues are the major factor in keeping NACTA financially viable.
- They also collected an extraordinary amount of customary dues from the peasantry.
- Members also pay monthly dues on top of fees to participate in any activities.
- It is time once again for the payment of dues for the Annual Silver Circle draw.
- The state would compensate the landlord for his lost dues or services to the tune of four-fifths of the capital value of the allotments he was ceding.
- Nor can any be compelled to pay even a dime of dues or fees for political activities with which he or she disagrees.
Synonyms fee, membership fee, subscription, charge, toll, levy payment, contribution
adverb djuːd(j)u (with reference to a point of the compass) exactly; directly. we'll head due south again on the same road Example sentencesExamples - Paul, my little ceramic penguin in the study always faces due south.
- Then the car turns around and travels 40 meters due south in 5.0 seconds.
- A few more yards due south of that, hard by the western approach to the Limehouse Link, there's a little park, perhaps an ex-churchyard to go with the ex-rectory.
- The house is set into the hillside and faces due south.
- UC Davis is next to Sacramento, which was eight hours due south of where we were and just as far from Denver as Eugene.
- Boy, the end of the desert is another two days due south.
- If one leaves the town by the South Gate, walks 14 paces due south, then walks due west for 1775 paces, the tree will just come into view.
- Its destination was Christmas Island, an Australian territorial outpost, about 300 nautical miles due south of Sumatra.
Synonyms directly, straight, exactly, precisely, without deviating, undeviatingly, dead, plumb, squarely
Usage Due to in the sense ‘because of’, as in he had to retire due to an injury, has been condemned as incorrect on the grounds that due is an adjective and should not be used as a preposition; owing to is often recommended as a better alternative. However, the prepositional use, first recorded at the end of the 19th century, is now common in all types of literature and is regarded as part of standard English Phrases 1Caused by or ascribable to. his death was not due to any lack of care Example sentencesExamples - As it is, their jokes fall flat and it is not due to any lack of talent by the artists involved.
- It too was cancelled, this time on the previous day, due to the lack of a full panel.
- It refers to a blue tinge seen on the surface of the whole or part of the body, due to lack of oxygen in the blood.
- This could be due to apathy on the part of locals or lack of knowledge that they exist.
- Louis went to great pains to prove by an autopsy that the death was due to natural causes.
- She also found signs of hypoxic damage to nerve cells due to lack of oxygen before death.
- We have had some pretty stupid rows due to the lack of sleep and worry as to what is it that keeps waking him.
- This increase and subsequent decrease are likely due, in part, to changes in freedoms and responsibilities.
- The delay was due to a lack of scaffolding.
- We stepped in when news broke that the fair was under threat due to lack of sponsorship.
he had to withdraw due to a knee injury Example sentencesExamples - That year the group had been unable to put on a play with just seven actors due to lack of people.
- Shels' supporters have traditionally been drawn from all over Dublin, due mainly to the club's nomadic history.
- The central bank has noted that overall inflation has been higher than expected, due mainly to a jump in gasoline prices.
- A small amount of hiss and distortion shows up from time to time, though this is to be expected due in part to the film's budget.
- Yet aikido has a tremendous universality and appeal due not only to the power and grace of its movements, but also to its emphasis on the moral responsibility of the user of its techniques.
- An employee at the company says staff morale is low due to the lack of job certainty in the future.
- Penner said that it would be difficult to expand the college beyond these future plans, due mainly to site restrictions.
- Population growth in this country is exploding, due in large part to immigration, legal and illegal.
- This year they have had the added trauma of a long wait in the estuary due to a serious lack of water.
- It has suffered in recent years due to a lack of grazing animals and land being underused.
Synonyms attributable to, caused by, ascribed to, ascribable to, assignable to, because of, put down to because of, owing to, on account of, as a consequence of, as a result of, thanks to, by reason of, on grounds of, in view of
give the man his due—he's a vegetarian and he generates his own electricity with wind towers Example sentencesExamples - Yet, with the onset of commercialisation in the field, practitioners of traditional medicine feel that they have not been given their due.
- To give them their due, most are apologetic about it.
- To give them their due, he had heard very little by way of complaint from either one, and he had been more than happy to give them their freedom tonight.
- Scientists have been working hard on this crucial problem, so we should give them their due.
- I can't say that I was cheering Liverpool on, but let's give them their due.
- It's very easy to imagine that lyrics have lost their power or that people aren't giving them their due, but that's certainly not the case.
- To give them their due, Busted's chart career was small, but perfectly formed, with eight hits in two years, every one of which made the Top 3.
- To give them their due, this government makes big claims about the environment.
- This work certainly gives them their due, providing much new and enlightening information in the process.
- The paying jobs have shouldered their way to the head of the queue, and I'd best give them their due.
the range will be extended in due course Example sentencesExamples - I shall hear counsel on the appropriate form of order to be made in due course.
- I will write more in due course about the project and post some pictures, which I can't wait to do.
- It is only an experiment, and obviously it will be evaluated in due course.
- The subject appears to be a political exercise that will die its natural death in due course.
- A decision on the matter will be made in accordance with the regulations in due course.
- Numerous other events are being planned and these will be published in due course.
- The annual school tour plans are well underway and parents will be notified in due course.
- The engineers said they would consider this and will come back with a response in due course.
- I'm sure it will be repeated in due course, and if you didn't see it, I would recommend that you do.
- We realise he was not the owner and everything was cleared in due course.
Synonyms at the appropriate time, when the time is ripe, in time, in due time, in the fullness of time, in the course of time, at a later time, at a later date, at length, at a future date, at a future time, at some point in the future, in the future, in time to come, as time goes by, as time goes on, by and by, one day, some day, sooner or later, in a while, after a bit, eventually
1Fulfil one's obligations. if she was the caring person she makes herself out to be she would insist on paying her dues Example sentencesExamples - We are taught that if we work hard and pay our dues, we will be rewarded in riches and love from family and friends.
- They do not pay their dues to society and take money away from local businesses.
- The choir's history can quietly boast the development of soul stars like Carleen Anderson and Sam Moore, both of whom return to this album to pay their dues.
- He pays his dues to the sport but without romance.
- For many, today's vote was about what has to happen from now on, rather than paying their dues to factional alliances.
- They will stand up for the silent, law-abiding majority who play by the rules and pay their dues.
- I'd love to say we do it to pay our dues or because we love literature or even for posterity, but the truth is we review books because we're addicts.
- 1.1Experience difficulties before achieving success.
this drummer has paid his dues with the best Example sentencesExamples - From my experience, you have to pay your dues in this game, you have to lose many times in order to be a good winner.
- After paying his dues, Sanchez finally got his hands on the gear he needed to duplicate the sounds he was hearing in his head.
- I have acquired some business and leadership experience; now I plan to pay my dues to acquire the practical experience and relationships to become a well-rounded school leader.
- There's always a maturing process with bands: a period to pay their dues while they find their sound, solidify their act and just generally figure out what kind of band they're actually in.
- He's paid his dues, he's experienced, he knows what it entails, he knows the personnel of this team.
- You train just as long and you have to pay your dues just like in any other sport, ‘he states.’
- Like every other success story, Mike has paid his dues.
- I have paid my dues, produced many successful students and defined my policies so that I am respected and established.
- And yet even today, after a decade of paying his dues, there are still afternoons when the crowd at Highpoint West refuses to buy even a single piece of the non-stick cookware he demonstrates.
- Their reward is a job well done, but age and experience definitely count; you must pay your dues as you progress up the ladder of success.
Origin Middle English (in the sense 'payable'): from Old French deu 'owed', based on Latin debitus 'owed', from debere 'owe'. Rhymes accrue, adieu, ado, anew, Anjou, aperçu, askew, ballyhoo, bamboo, bedew, bestrew, billet-doux, blew, blue, boo, boohoo, brew, buckaroo, canoe, chew, clew, clou, clue, cock-a-doodle-doo, cockatoo, construe, coo, Corfu, coup, crew, Crewe, cru, cue, déjà vu, derring-do, dew, didgeridoo, do, drew, endue, ensue, eschew, feu, few, flew, flu, flue, foreknew, glue, gnu, goo, grew, halloo, hereto, hew, Hindu, hitherto, how-do-you-do, hue, Hugh, hullabaloo, imbrue, imbue, jackaroo, Jew, kangaroo, Karroo, Kathmandu, kazoo, Kiangsu, knew, Kru, K2, kung fu, Lahu, Lanzhou, Lao-tzu, lasso, lieu, loo, Lou, Manchu, mangetout, mew, misconstrue, miscue, moo, moue, mu, nardoo, new, non-U, nu, ooh, outdo, outflew, outgrew, peekaboo, Peru, pew, plew, Poitou, pooh, pooh-pooh, potoroo, pursue, queue, revue, roo, roux, rue, Selous, set-to, shampoo, shih-tzu, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skean dhu, skew, skidoo, slew, smew, snafu, sou, spew, sprue, stew, strew, subdue, sue, switcheroo, taboo, tattoo, thereto, thew, threw, thro, through, thru, tickety-boo, Timbuktu, tiramisu, to, to-do, too, toodle-oo, true, true-blue, tu-whit tu-whoo, two, vendue, view, vindaloo, virtu, wahoo, wallaroo, Waterloo, well-to-do, whereto, whew, who, withdrew, woo, Wu, yew, you, zoo Definition of due in US English: dueadjectived(j)ud(y)o͞o 1predicative Expected at or planned for at a certain time. with infinitive talks are due to adjourn tomorrow Example sentencesExamples - He added this is a particularly dangerous time of year because the sardines have passed by and sharks following the moving food chain are due here soon.
- My brother Luca is due home soon, although I must warn you, it's very possible he won't be alone.
- An announcement of a picket is due soon after.
- Sky Hawks say the next generation of their cases is due out soon and I'll definitely be keeping an interested eye on those.
- His playing gear was still in our room so I knew he hadn't gone to the court yet, despite him being due there soon.
- She had reportedly told her husband Kevin that she was expecting a child, due December 12.
- However, it's understood that a second email is due out soon, although there is no indication of what it might say or what new insults it might contain for all those who have dare speak up.
- A second novel, Having A Lovely Time, is due out soon.
- The Earl and Countess of Wessex are also expected today and tomorrow, while the Princess Royal is due at York Racecourse on Thursday and Friday.
- A major collection of new poems, Notes of a Blissful Ghost, translated by Brian Holton, is due soon from the Chinese University of Hong Kong Press.
- Her second book is due out soon.
- Karen's train was due in soon after 2, so I made my way back to the station, having to squeeze through a thick colonnade of cyclists in order to do so.
- More official tests are due from police labs soon.
- Instinct suggests the downturn is due relatively soon.
- The broadcaster is due up in court tomorrow on a drink-driving charge.
- A special executive meeting of the union, due tomorrow, is now expected to sanction strike action.
- This was the deciding point, as the bell for end of lunch was soon due.
- Then we went back to Aunt Linda's house since Uncle Jack was due home soon.
- Also next year the European elections are due with both polls expected to go ahead on the same day, June 10.
- The figures for last year, due soon, are expected to show a further increase.
Synonyms expected, required, awaited, anticipated, scheduled for - 1.1 (of a payment) required at a certain time.
the May installment was due Example sentencesExamples - Coupon payments are due on January 1 and July 1 each year until maturity on January 1, 2019.
- Then, a month before his first payment was due, he sold the network back to NBC for $230 million.
- Don't forget that club membership fees for the 2004 season are due soon.
- Now the choice can be made after the bonus amount is known, provided the agreement has been set up before the payment is due.
- What prevents the taxi driver from pretending that payment is still due, pointing to the amount displayed by the meter?
- On the day he left, he discovered Lynne was pregnant with their first child, his mortgage payment was due, and he had just $700 in the bank.
- Yet what happened the day the payment was due was anything but normal.
- The last payment was due when they arrived at their final destination.
- Please note final payment is due before Thursday, August 15.
- Please note the balance of payments are now due.
- Closer to your departure date the balance of your payment is due.
- He glared at the bartender with eyes that could make a heart stop and said ‘You're payment is due.’
- Final payments are now due on the parish pilgrimage to Lourdes, taking place from August 13 to August 18.
- The Christmas credit card bills are in and by now payment is due.
- Extortion may particularly go along with insecurity concerning when the next payment is due.
- New technology installed in more than 100,000 vehicles offers drivers a friendly reminder when the car payments are due.
- Unlike Lucent's debt, Revlon's $1.59 billion in debt is due relatively soon.
- Lee testified that this meant that payment was due when each of these items was supplied and installed, but I disagree.
- Sudthana said she does not want to pay the yearly fee of 700 baht a card, some of which is due soon.
- A reminder to all the ladies travelling to Westport in September that the balance of payment is due on or before the last week in July.
Synonyms owing, owed, to be paid, payable, payable now, payable immediately, receivable immediately - 1.2 (of a person) having reached a point where the thing mentioned is required or owed.
you're more than due a vacation Example sentencesExamples - He was due for retirement last February after 20 years of service.
- I'm due for a break this month for about two weeks and man, do I need it.
- Put them in a shopping bag and let your folks know you're due for trip to your friendly neighborhood dry cleaner.
- Meanwhile, Keane also claimed he was not due for an operation, despite rumours of a problem with either his knee or hip.
- I'm not due for my next ultrasound for almost another two weeks.
- Court advocates when someone is due for trial who has been responsible for having a significantly negative impact on a community's quality of life, members of that community attend court.
- I'm due for a new set and am always interested in what other folks use.
- Originally, I was not due for parole until 2028.
- He was due for an appointment with the police on Tuesday at 9pm but cancelled it at 6.35 pm and warned he would take his own life.
- We thought he was surely due for retirement even two years ago, but he's shown today that there's certainly life in those old legs yet.
- It is also a matter of serious concern that over half of all science teachers are due for retirement within the next five years.
- I wondered what was up as I knew that he was not due for an injection today.
- Gerry is due for release in the UK later this year.
- I'm due for a visit back to the wine discount center.
- The next encounter I had with the razor came about two weeks later, when I went back to the bathroom mirror to inspect my chin and see if I was due for a shave.
- When he left school, he was due for National Service in 6 months, so it was difficult to get a job, so he took the position as a hotel bellboy.
- However, he could not be fired because he was due for retirement.
- He was due for release and is probably out now; she hopes so.
- He was due for a third visit in 2003 but was too weak to travel.
- He was due for a break and this could be a big story, or at least an emotional one, which was the same thing in the eyes of most modern journalists.
- 1.3 (of a thing) required or owed as a legal or moral obligation.
he was only taking back what was due to him you must pay any income tax due Example sentencesExamples - He said he is reviewing legal options to avoid paying the fine, due in 30 days.
- It also meant that interest on the amount assessed to be due became payable from the date of the judge's judgment.
- They may be content to register a charge for the tax due on the widow's home and pick up the proceeds after she dies.
- He has prevaricated over the payment of sums acknowledged to be due, though the sum currently due and payable by way of costs is not alleged to be large.
- However, a final decision on the plan which was due before Christmas, is now not expected until the end of this month at the earliest.
- When the company went under, Beggs told the receiver that €3.7 million was due in outstanding debts.
- Workers cannot secure the liability of wages or holiday pay earned, or, indeed, of redundancy compensation that is due and payable.
- This will be due tomorrow, I expect your best work.
- This is the case, even though it was not due and payable until after the assignment.
- This mortgage was to become due and payable 60 days after the termination of a lease granted to the Mother.
- Players who have lent money are entitled to add the amounts still due plus unpaid interest.
Synonyms deserved by, merited by, earned by, warranted by
2attributive Of the proper quality or extent; adequate. driving without due care and attention Example sentencesExamples - I smoke with due care and consideration for other people.
- The magistrates heard that he had failed to provide a specimen and had driven without due care and attention at Canvey Island.
- Mr Brennan said accidents could be avoided if due care and attention was taken and he urged all involved in farm work to do so.
- Our message to dog owners is that they must take due and proper care of their pets and of Manchester's environment.
- ‘The important thing is that the submissions from both bidders are given proper and due consideration,’ he told the House.
- A Pennine Division officer was found guilty at court of driving without due care and attention, failing to stop and failing to report a road traffic accident.
- Anyway, I want to assure the public, that since the prime minister has placed me in this new ministry, the police will be given due care and attention.
- This week he admitted driving without due care and attention, and was fined £483 with nine points on his licence.
- I also feel that the clean air standard could have been given due and proper consideration.
- He was cleared of driving without due care or attention.
- If you use a mobile phone and you crash your car (or drive without due care and attention) you are likely to be prosecuted.
- He was jailed for five years for causing death by driving without due care and attention, perverting the course of justice and driving while disqualified.
- But pressing without due care and attention can give away chances and, as Currie looked certain to score again, the course of the game changed direction alarmingly.
- All are rendered with due care and attention to detail.
- If the police think you are cycling without due care and attention, they can already stop you and book you.
- Any business that treats its customers without due care and consideration is not fulfilling its most important role.
- I have to wonder whether my critics have truly read it with due care and attention.
- That emotional storyline is hurled about without due care and attention.
- A 16 year old from Kempston has been arrested and charged with death by failure of due care and attention and being under the influence of alcohol.
- Accidents can be avoided if due care and attention is taken.
Synonyms proper, right and proper, correct, rightful, fitting, suitable, appropriate, apt, adequate, sufficient, enough, ample, satisfactory, requisite
nound(j)ud(y)o͞o 1one's dueA person's right; what is owed to someone. he attracts more criticism than is his due Example sentencesExamples - Some say the public gets its due with the program itself.
- But he knew that this was something he could not automatically expect as his due.
- Rathbone argued that motherhood was socially valuable and thus compensable, entitled to the respect due such an important profession.
- The poor come into the field and take their due from the owners - by right!
- As one might expect with due deference to his age his recollection was not always absolutely accurate on the detail of each joint financial transaction over the last decade.
- Sledge gives the common soldier his just due in eloquent prose that explores the emotions and trauma associated with a brutal war and its consequences.
- Nor do they wish to pay a penny less than the whole amount of tax due from them to the Government.
Synonyms rightful treatment, fair treatment, deserved fate, just punishment 2duesAn obligatory payment; a fee. he had paid union dues for years Example sentencesExamples - Nor can any be compelled to pay even a dime of dues or fees for political activities with which he or she disagrees.
- It had once been the case that a worker who did not wish to join a union or pay its dues refrained from joining and was not obligated to pay dues.
- For the $40 annual dues, members have access to over $700 of deals and discounts.
- Clubs can elect to charge members a fee to use the kiosk or they can incorporate the cost into the joining fees and monthly dues.
- If dues or registration fees are paid in advance, the recognition of the revenues is deferred.
- Others say he is driven by the percentage of dues he can reap from large salary increases.
- Taxes, ransoms or customs dues were sometimes paid in spices and in France it was once what litigants paid to the judge.
- Members also pay monthly dues on top of fees to participate in any activities.
- The membership dues are the major factor in keeping NACTA financially viable.
- No ship could be unloaded without the permission of a Hong merchant, who was then held responsible for the payment of all tariffs and harbour dues.
- Other expenses that qualify include union dues and tax preparation fees.
- It is time once again for the payment of dues for the Annual Silver Circle draw.
- These included the payment of salary arrears, the payment of dues of retired employees and outstanding promotions.
- They also collected an extraordinary amount of customary dues from the peasantry.
- The principal medium for the payment of these dues was the denarius or silver penny.
- His failure to keep proper records makes it very difficult for him to disprove the inspector's assessment of tax dues.
- It was conceded that membership required no payment of dues nor any other participation in the affairs of the organization.
- The state would compensate the landlord for his lost dues or services to the tune of four-fifths of the capital value of the allotments he was ceding.
- They paid for the first party and solicited dues from the attendees who wanted to see more of the same.
- The majority of serfs worked on the land, and after rendering their dues could dispose of any surplus as they wished.
Synonyms fee, membership fee, subscription, charge, toll, levy
adverbd(j)ud(y)o͞o (with reference to a point of the compass) exactly; directly. we'll head due south again on the same road Example sentencesExamples - A few more yards due south of that, hard by the western approach to the Limehouse Link, there's a little park, perhaps an ex-churchyard to go with the ex-rectory.
- Its destination was Christmas Island, an Australian territorial outpost, about 300 nautical miles due south of Sumatra.
- Then the car turns around and travels 40 meters due south in 5.0 seconds.
- Boy, the end of the desert is another two days due south.
- Paul, my little ceramic penguin in the study always faces due south.
- UC Davis is next to Sacramento, which was eight hours due south of where we were and just as far from Denver as Eugene.
- The house is set into the hillside and faces due south.
- If one leaves the town by the South Gate, walks 14 paces due south, then walks due west for 1775 paces, the tree will just come into view.
Synonyms directly, straight, exactly, precisely, without deviating, undeviatingly, dead, plumb, squarely
Usage The use of due to as a prepositional phrase meaning ‘because of,’ as in he had to retire due to an injury first appeared in print in 1897, and traditional grammarians have opposed this prepositional usage for more than a century on the grounds that it is a misuse of the adjectival phrase due to in the sense of ‘attributable to, likely or expected to’ (the train is due to arrive at 11:15), or ‘payable or owed to’ (render unto Caesar what is due to Caesar). Nevertheless, this prepositional usage is now widespread and common in all types of literature and must be regarded as standard English.The phrase due to the fact that is very common in speech, but it is wordy, and, especially in writing, one should use the simple word ‘because.’ Phrases 1Caused by or ascribable to. unemployment due to automation will grow steadily Example sentencesExamples - She also found signs of hypoxic damage to nerve cells due to lack of oxygen before death.
- The delay was due to a lack of scaffolding.
- This could be due to apathy on the part of locals or lack of knowledge that they exist.
- This increase and subsequent decrease are likely due, in part, to changes in freedoms and responsibilities.
- As it is, their jokes fall flat and it is not due to any lack of talent by the artists involved.
- It too was cancelled, this time on the previous day, due to the lack of a full panel.
- It refers to a blue tinge seen on the surface of the whole or part of the body, due to lack of oxygen in the blood.
- We stepped in when news broke that the fair was under threat due to lack of sponsorship.
- Louis went to great pains to prove by an autopsy that the death was due to natural causes.
- We have had some pretty stupid rows due to the lack of sleep and worry as to what is it that keeps waking him.
he had to withdraw due to a knee injury Example sentencesExamples - Shels' supporters have traditionally been drawn from all over Dublin, due mainly to the club's nomadic history.
- This year they have had the added trauma of a long wait in the estuary due to a serious lack of water.
- A small amount of hiss and distortion shows up from time to time, though this is to be expected due in part to the film's budget.
- That year the group had been unable to put on a play with just seven actors due to lack of people.
- Population growth in this country is exploding, due in large part to immigration, legal and illegal.
- It has suffered in recent years due to a lack of grazing animals and land being underused.
- Yet aikido has a tremendous universality and appeal due not only to the power and grace of its movements, but also to its emphasis on the moral responsibility of the user of its techniques.
- An employee at the company says staff morale is low due to the lack of job certainty in the future.
- The central bank has noted that overall inflation has been higher than expected, due mainly to a jump in gasoline prices.
- Penner said that it would be difficult to expand the college beyond these future plans, due mainly to site restrictions.
Synonyms attributable to, caused by, ascribed to, ascribable to, assignable to, because of, put down to because of, owing to, on account of, as a consequence of, as a result of, thanks to, by reason of, on grounds of, in view of
to give him his due, he was a generous employer Example sentencesExamples - To give them their due, he had heard very little by way of complaint from either one, and he had been more than happy to give them their freedom tonight.
- The paying jobs have shouldered their way to the head of the queue, and I'd best give them their due.
- To give them their due, this government makes big claims about the environment.
- Yet, with the onset of commercialisation in the field, practitioners of traditional medicine feel that they have not been given their due.
- To give them their due, most are apologetic about it.
- I can't say that I was cheering Liverpool on, but let's give them their due.
- This work certainly gives them their due, providing much new and enlightening information in the process.
- To give them their due, Busted's chart career was small, but perfectly formed, with eight hits in two years, every one of which made the Top 3.
- Scientists have been working hard on this crucial problem, so we should give them their due.
- It's very easy to imagine that lyrics have lost their power or that people aren't giving them their due, but that's certainly not the case.
Reynolds will respond in due course to the letter Example sentencesExamples - The subject appears to be a political exercise that will die its natural death in due course.
- I'm sure it will be repeated in due course, and if you didn't see it, I would recommend that you do.
- The engineers said they would consider this and will come back with a response in due course.
- I shall hear counsel on the appropriate form of order to be made in due course.
- Numerous other events are being planned and these will be published in due course.
- The annual school tour plans are well underway and parents will be notified in due course.
- A decision on the matter will be made in accordance with the regulations in due course.
- I will write more in due course about the project and post some pictures, which I can't wait to do.
- We realise he was not the owner and everything was cleared in due course.
- It is only an experiment, and obviously it will be evaluated in due course.
Synonyms at the appropriate time, when the time is ripe, in time, in due time, in the fullness of time, in the course of time, at a later time, at a later date, at length, at a future date, at a future time, at some point in the future, in the future, in time to come, as time goes by, as time goes on, by and by, one day, some day, sooner or later, in a while, after a bit, eventually
1Fulfill one's obligations. he had paid his dues to society for his previous convictions Example sentencesExamples - We are taught that if we work hard and pay our dues, we will be rewarded in riches and love from family and friends.
- For many, today's vote was about what has to happen from now on, rather than paying their dues to factional alliances.
- They do not pay their dues to society and take money away from local businesses.
- I'd love to say we do it to pay our dues or because we love literature or even for posterity, but the truth is we review books because we're addicts.
- The choir's history can quietly boast the development of soul stars like Carleen Anderson and Sam Moore, both of whom return to this album to pay their dues.
- He pays his dues to the sport but without romance.
- They will stand up for the silent, law-abiding majority who play by the rules and pay their dues.
- 1.1Experience difficulties before achieving success.
this drummer has paid his dues with the best Example sentencesExamples - I have acquired some business and leadership experience; now I plan to pay my dues to acquire the practical experience and relationships to become a well-rounded school leader.
- Their reward is a job well done, but age and experience definitely count; you must pay your dues as you progress up the ladder of success.
- After paying his dues, Sanchez finally got his hands on the gear he needed to duplicate the sounds he was hearing in his head.
- And yet even today, after a decade of paying his dues, there are still afternoons when the crowd at Highpoint West refuses to buy even a single piece of the non-stick cookware he demonstrates.
- He's paid his dues, he's experienced, he knows what it entails, he knows the personnel of this team.
- Like every other success story, Mike has paid his dues.
- You train just as long and you have to pay your dues just like in any other sport, ‘he states.’
- There's always a maturing process with bands: a period to pay their dues while they find their sound, solidify their act and just generally figure out what kind of band they're actually in.
- From my experience, you have to pay your dues in this game, you have to lose many times in order to be a good winner.
- I have paid my dues, produced many successful students and defined my policies so that I am respected and established.
Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘payable’): from Old French deu ‘owed’, based on Latin debitus ‘owed’, from debere ‘owe’. |