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Due

Definition: Due

Due

Adjective

1. Owed and payable immediately or on demand; "payment is due".

2. Proper and appropriate; fitting; "richly deserved punishment"; "due esteem".

3. Scheduled to arrive; "the train is due in 15 minutes".

4. Suitable to or expected in the circumstances; "all due respect"; "due cause to honor them"; "a long due promotion"; "in due course".

5. Reasonable in the circumstances; "gave my comments due consideration"; "exercising due care".

Adverb

1. Directly or exactly; straight; "went due North".

Noun

1. That which is deserved or owed: "give the devil his due".

2. A payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership); "the society dropped him for non-payment of dues".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "due" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Due \Due\, transitive verb. To endue. [Obsolete]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Due

DomainDefinition

Mining

The amount of royalty or ore payable to the lord of the manor or owner ofthe soil. (references)

Tips from 1870

Usage: Due, Owing. His success was due to his honesty and energy." That is due which should be paid as a debt; that is owing which is referred to as a cause or source.
"The bill is now due and payable at the gas office." "His success was owing to his honesty and energy." Source: Slips of Speech.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Due

Synonyms: deserved (adj), due(p) (adj), owed (adj). (additional references)
Antonym: undue (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Due

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Debt

Unpaid; unrequited, unrewarded; owing, due, in arrear, outstanding; past due.

Dueness

Square, unexceptionable, right; equitable; due, en r

Expedience

Adjective: expedient; desirable, advisable, acceptable; convenient; worth while, meet; fit, fitting; due, proper, eligible, seemly, becoming; befitting; Verb: opportune; (in season); in loco; suitable; (accordant); applicable; (useful).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Due

English words defined with "due": due toin due course, in due season, in due time. (references)
Specialty definitions using "due": coupon due datedue bill, due date of coupon, due to banks at sight or within one month, due to banks on demand, due to banks on sight, due to banks-one month or lessemissions due to transmitter transientsGive the Devil his Dueholder in due coursepast due balance, past due loan. (references)
Etymologies containing "due": Temperature. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Due" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (dove, pigeon), Italian (couple, Deuce, twain, two), Norwegian (dove, pigeon), Papiamen (ache, pain).

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Modern Usage: Due

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Yes but Your Holiness, with due respect, erm, we can't possibly (Seven Years in Tibet; writing credit: Becky Johnston)

You see, when it comes to sexual interfacing with the female gender group, I've always been caution-orientated due to ongoing problems of an adaptive nature regarding the gooiness factor on the physical front (Drop the Dead Donkey; writing credit: Andy Hamilton; Guy Jenkin)

Well, I'll tell you son Due to a Cecil wind, Dystor has vectored us into a 360-tossen of slor traffic (Airport; writing credit: Arthur Hailey; George Seaton)

But I thought the Generals were due! (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

In due time, you'll know everything (Werewolf; writing credit: Brad Hornbacher; Tony Zarindast)

Lyrics

I love paying rent when tha rents due (Dear Mama; performing artist: 2Pac)

In other words, ma, I'm due for some kisses, I'm due (I Do (Wanna Get Close To You); performing artist: 3LW)

But give the devil his due ("The Devil Went Down to Georgia"; performing artist: Charlie Daniels Band)

Due to the content I suggest you'll like this (What'Chu Like; performing artist: Da Brat)

Will take care of this business I need to attend to, cuz my rent's due (Keep Their Headz Ringin; performing artist: Dr. Dre)

Clever

The light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off due to budget cuts. (references; author: unknown)

The way to make the cold winter go fast is to sign a note in October that becomes due in six months. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Devil's Due (1973)

I Due figli di Trinità (1972)

Due fratelli (1972)

I Due volti della paura (1972)

Continuavano a chiamarli i due piloti più pazzi del mondo (1972)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Due

DomainTitle

Books

  • Venture Capital Due Diligence: A Guide to Making Smart Investment Choices and Increasing Your Portfolio Returns (reference)

  • Soldier's Heart : Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers (reference)

  • Paragoni: Benedetto Varchi's Due Lezzioni and Cinquecento Art Theory (reference)

  • Una società anomala : il programma e la sconfitta della nobiltà napoletana in due memoriali cinquecenteschi (reference)

  • Past Due!: A Debt Collecting Manual for Collections Professionals Accounts Receivable Personnel Small Business Owners (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Due

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Pictured here is an experimental animal being held by a technician. Only the technician's hands and the animal are visible. The technician measures the size of a reaction of the animal due to a recent injection. A measuring device is being used to achieve the measurement. This may have been a test for the possible carcinogenic effect of a chemical. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Autopsy of infant showing abdominal distension, intestinal necrosis and hemorrhage, and peritonitis due to perforation. Credit: CDC.

Gross autopsy specimen of liver from child who died of Reye's syndrome. Cut surface shows slight pallor due to fat accumulation in liver cells. Credit: CDC.

These cloud formations were seen over the western Aleutian Islands. Their color variations are probably due to differences in temperature and in the size of water droplets that make up the clouds. Credit: NASA.

Bilby tower failure at Station Flatlick due to tornado Triangulation party of E. L. Jones. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Flooding of low-lying areas at Holland Cliffs Shores by extreme high tides. Land is being lost at a rate of 1" per year in the Chesapeake Bay region due to combination of sea level rise and subsidence caused by lowering water tables. As population grows, so does demand for fresh water causing further subsidence, making events such as this increasingly common. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Panther Creek, an image of the stream that was affected by Blackbird Mine. The creek had very good habitat but for the mine discharge. By 1960 steelhead trout and chinook salmon were extirpated from the river due to the contaminants released at Blackbird Mine. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

North Inlet - Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Oyster and clam beds are closed in some portions of estuaries due to high levels fecal coliform bacteria, an indicator of sewage pollution. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

AQUARIUS, deployed in 1986 off St. Croix, due to dedication of Sen. L. Weicker. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Improvement of the willow population along the Blackfoot River is due to increased grazing management. Credit: Gary Kramer.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Due
 

"Due piedi" by **K** Kanaglia
Commentary: "Piedi."
"Big ben" by Mo
Commentary: "No description due to database fuck-up."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Due

AuthorQuotation

Confucius

Three-tenths of good looks are due to nature; seven-tenths to dress.

Decimus Junius Juvenal

The greatest reverence is due the young.

Francis Bacon

Mysteries are due to secrecy.

George Peabody

Education: A debt due from present to future generations.

Publius Cornelius Tacitus

Posterity will pay everyone their due.
Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

St. Augustine

No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more.

Thomas p Kempis

Permit no hour to go by without it due improvement.

William Inge

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it is due.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Due

AuthorDateQuotation

Magna Carta

1215

No one shall be distrained for performance of greater service for a knight's fee, or for any other free tenement, than is due therefrom. (reference)

John Locke

1690

The honour due to parents, a monarch in his throne owes his mother; and yet this lessens not his authority, nor subjects him to her government. (Second Treatise of Government)

US Constitution

1791

Clause 3: No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due. (reference)

US Bill of Rights

1795

Amendment V. No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. (reference)

Amendment to US Constitution

1795-2008

No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. (reference)

Communist Manifesto

1848

The advance of industry, whose involuntary promoter is the bourgeoisie, replaces the isolation of the labourers, due to competition, by their revolutionary combination, due to association. (reference)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

The balance shall be reckoned towards liquidation of the amounts due for reparation. (reference)

United Nations

1948

Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. (reference)

Brown v. Board of Education

1954

This disposition makes unnecessary any discussion whether such segregation also violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. (reference)

Roe v. Wade

1973

State criminal abortion laws, like those involved here, that except from criminality only a life-saving procedure on the mother's behalf without regard to the stage of her pregnancy and other interests involved violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which protects against state action the right to privacy, including a woman's qualified right to terminate her pregnancy. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Due

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

More is avowedly due to her.

Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

Carroll, Lewis

It did indeed seem reasonable not to take so irrevocable a step as that, without due enquiry

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

But this long debt of confidence, due from me to him, whose bane and ruin I have been, shall at length be paid

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Some months remained due.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Perhaps the blue color of water and ice is due to the light and air they contain, and the most transparent is the bluest

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Due

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Sarcoidosis is a disease due to inflammation. (references)

Botulism can result in death due to respiratory failure. (references)

There is no evidence that such problems are due to food allergies. (references)

Business

Rental payments are due in advance. (references)

This is mainly due to lack of infrastructure. (references)

The latter’s emissions are due to solid waste disposal. (references)

Children

Pakistan

A reported 10,000 schools have closed in recent years due to a lack of teachers. (references)

Bulgaria

Nevertheless due to low fines and delays in the judicial system, compliance rates are extremely low. (references)

Dominican Republic

Children of Haitian descent experience difficulties attending school due to their lack of official status. (references)

Civil Liberties

Congo

It is believed that his arrest was due to conflicts within the parish. (references)

Albania

The police generally maintained order with due respect for citizens' rights. (references)

Rwanda

Most journalists practice self-censorship due to fear of government reprisals. (references)

Discrimination

Ghana

The courts are empowered specifically to order enforcement of these prohibitions, although enforcement by the authorities is generally inadequate, in part due to limited financial resources. (references)

Latvia

Amendments to the Constitution passed by Parliament in 1998 provide for the protection from discrimination due to race, sex, religion, language, or disability; however, discrimination against women in the workplace is a problem. (references)

Economic History

Austria

Note: differences due to rounding. (references)

Human Rights

Haiti

Due to overcrowding, juveniles often are held with adults. (references)

Marshall Islands

It appears that such violations are due mainly to inefficiency. (references)

Malawi

Police are accused of arbitrary arrests due to political motives. (references)

Indigenous People

Panama

The Ngobe also are under threat due to the isolation of their reserves, encroachment by settlers, and generalized poverty. (references)

Congo

Pygmies were marginalized severely in the areas of employment, health, and education, in part due to their isolation in remote forested areas of the country. (references)

Chile

Of the population that identifies itself as indigenous, about one-half remain separated from the rest of society, largely due to historical, cultural, educational, and geographical factors. (references)

Minorities

Dominican Republic

Some parents fail to seek documentation due to fear of being deported. (references)

Slovak Republic

Many cases of skinhead violence that occurred in 1999 were dropped due to lack of witnesses. (references)

Pakistan

Police officials have not arrested anyone in connection with this attack, reportedly due to the lack of suspects. (references)

Political Economy

Venezuela

Killings due to vigilante actions increased. (references)

Cuba

Prisoners died in jail due to lack of medical care. (references)

Eritrea

The use of a special court system limited due process. (references)

Political Rights

India

In Assam's state assembly elections in May, the state government advised candidates not to campaign after sunset due to unrest. (references)

Egypt

Two seats remained vacant throughout the year due to a court-imposed hold on elections on the basis of procedural irregularities. (references)

Tonga

A prodemocracy movement continued during the year, although it lacks formal structure due to differences of views among its leaders. (references)

Trade

Philippines

This program guarantees payments due from foreign banks. (references)

France

Further tariff reductions are expected due to the Uruguay Round. (references)

Czech Rep

Most would prefer not to use a letter of credit due to its high cost. (references)

Travel

Yemen

Rents have declined in recent years due to a housing surplus. (references)

Chad

Buses are not recommended due to lack of safety and reliability. (references)

Guinea

Utility costs are very high due to poor infrastructure and inadequate billing and collection. (references)

Women

Ecuador

Many rapes are not reported due to the victims' reluctance to confront the perpetrators. (references)

Philippines

It is thought to be widespread yet underreported due to victims' fear of losing their jobs. (references)

Niger

Women's groups so far have been silent on the ratification, allegedly due to fear of reprisals. (references)

Worker Rights

Bolivia

Many workers have died due to unsafe conditions. (references)

Denmark

In 2000, 124,000 workdays were lost due to strikes. (references)

Jordan

The strike lasted less than a week and the workers received all wages due. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom. Following are some of the more notable epigrams of the learned and ingenious Dr. Jamrach Holobom: We know better the needs of ourselves than of others. To serve oneself is economy of administration. In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity. There are three sexes; males, females and girls. Beauty in women and distinction in men are alike in this: they seem to be the unthinking a kind of credibility. Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of. While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands you are safe, for you can watch both his.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Due

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Rush Limbaugh

Chris called to point out that the Bush administration is holding an American citizen, Jose Padilla, without due process under the Patriot Act.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Due

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797Your attention seems to be not less due to that particular branch of our trade which belongs to the Mediterranean.

John Adams

1797-1801To give due effect to the civil administration of Government and to insure a just execution of the laws, a revision and amendment of the judiciary system is indispensably necessary.

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809Whether this would produce a due equality in the navigation between the two countries is a subject for your consideration.

James Madison

1809-1817Under another aspect of our situation the early attention of Congress will be due to the expediency of further guards against evasions and infractions of our commercial laws.

James Monroe

1817-1825Every light in the possession of the Executive will in due time be communicated on both subjects.

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837Treaties have been made with them, which in due season will be submitted for consideration.

James Buchanan

1857-1861Our diplomacy should be direct and frank, neither seeking to obtain more nor accepting less than is our due.

Gerald Ford

1974-1977For decades, we have been voting ever-increasing levels of Government benefits, and now the bill has come due.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981But one-third of the deficit is due to the necessary tax cuts that I've proposed.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Also in the area of fairness and equity, we will ask for extension of the Civil Rights Commission, which is due to expire this year.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Due

"Due" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.91% of the time. "Due" is used about 6,034 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)98.91%5,9681,634
Preposition (except "of")1.03%6242,755
Adverb (general)0.05%3202,518
Unclassified Items0.02%1339,140
                    Total100.00%6,034N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Due

The following table summarizes the usage of "due" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
DueLast name1,00016,967
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Due

Expressions using "due": accord due praise all due respect allow due weight to amaurotic cat's eye blindness of one eye due to various intraocular conditions in which a bright reflection is observed at the pupil as it would appear from the tapetum lucidum of a cat amounts due balance due be due be due to be due to smb. be due to smth. become due Commission for the Prevention of Disasters due to Dangerous Substances coupon due date debt due dept due due care due date due date of coupon due date register due diligence due east due from banks at term due from banks on time due north due out due process due process of law due register due south due teste valgono piu che una sola due to due to bank at term due to banks at fixed dates due to banks at sight or within one month due to banks on demand due to banks on sight due to banks on time due to unforeseen circumstances Due West emissions due to transmitter transients fall due fall due on give him his due give one his due give smb. his due give the Devil his due have one's due in due corse in due course in due form in due season in due time inventory difference due to inconsistent pricing of movement data La Due liabilities due lichenoid eruptions due to colour developers not be due not due observe due decorum one's due passed due interests past due past due balance past due binl proportion of sales due to new or significantly improved products attributed to a region in a given year right to due process still due sum due to fall due unemployment due to technological progress with all due deference with all due deference to with all due modesty with all due respect with due care with due deference with due respect to. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "due": due-in, due-process.

Ending with "due": barle-due, over-due, past-due, respect-is-due.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Due

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

due date calculator

941

due law process

35

pregnancy due date

675

baby due date calculator

34

due diligence

580

devil due

33

due date

465

2008 9 call d.r due full horton inc its note redemption senior

31

due fail funding it project that

381

due ex

30

accessed blocked content content due filtering in outpost please plug see undesirable

276

john due

30

pregnancy due date calculator

262

due diligence checklist

29

due date calendar

187

all in due time

29

baby due date

154

calculate baby due date

27

due process

137

due le quartz

26

due south

134

calculating pregnancy due date

26

pregnancy due date calendar

130

2 due ex

25

calculate due date

96

due hair

25

due

79

babys date due

23

due date predictor

74

actual color colors due may not represent shown var vinyl

23

calculating due date

56

due in maternity time

23

due east

46

baby due date calendar

22

due dilligence

46

due date calculation

20

estimated due date

35

due diligence definition

20

calculate pregnancy due date

35

clause due process

20
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Due

Language Translations for "due"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

tamam (even, exactly, flat, just, just the same, perfectly, precise, precisely, sharp, very), pikërisht (absolutely, exactly, just, precise, precisely, sharp, strictly, very, very much so), përkatës (corresponding, pertinent, relative, respective), për t'u paguar (payable), i pritur (expected), i përshtatshëm (adapt, adequate, adjustable, appropriate, becoming, befitting, canny, comely, competent, congruous, convenient, decent, desirable, done, elastic, eligible, expedient, fit, fitting, germane, handy, likely, livable, liveable, opportune, Pat, proper, propitious, qualified, rated, relevant, seemly, suitable, suited, tenable, well-becoming, well-suited), i nevojshëm (essential, indispensable, necessary, needful, required), i mjaftë (enough, pretty, sufficient), i duhur (accordant, appropriate, befitting, comely, due to, fitting, indispensable, necessary, needful, owing, proper, required, right), hak (reason, remuneration, revenge, vengeance), e caktuar (nominative), ajo që më takon. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏كاف (adequate, appropriate, enough, sufficient, suitable), ‏مناسب (adequate, agreeable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, conformable, congruent, congruous, convenient, expedient, favorable, favourable, feasible, felicitous, fit, fitting, harmonious, in agreement, in conformity, in harmony, opportune, pat, proper, right, seasonable, seemly, suitable, suited, timely), ‏مستحق (deserved, deserving, eligible for, merited, worthy), ‏مطابق للعرف, ‏مديون (debtor, owe), ‏ناجم عن, ‏ناشئ عن (consequent), ‏واف (enough, sufficient), ‏واجب الأداء (owe), ‏حق (prerogative, right, truth), ‏على خط مستقيم, ‏إنطبق, ‏دين (credit, cult, debit, debt, faith, judgement, leash, loan, persuasion, religion, score). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

това което се дължи, който се очаква, направо (dead, direct, directly, firsthand, flat, flush, forthright, incontinently, outright, plain, plump, point blank, right, roundly, slap, slap bang, straight, straight out), заслуженото (deserts), заслужен (condign, deserved, meritorious), право (authorization, claim, clean, directly, fair, flush, jurisprudence, jus, law, perquisite, place, pretension, right, slap, smack, spang, straight, straightway, upright), полагащ се (accrued, accruing), полагаемото, полагаем (authorized, prescribed), подобаващ (becoming, befitting, fit, proper, seemly, worthy), платим (chargeable, mature, payable), дължащ се, дължимото, дължим (owing). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

适当 (Advisable, Appropriate, Expedient, Proper, Proprieties, Propriety, suitable), 會費 . (various references)

   

Czech

  

dlužný (owing), spravedlivý (equitable, even-minded, fair, joust, just, justiciable, righteous, rightful), splatný (payable, repayable), povinný (compulsory, liable, obligatory), patřièný (appropriate, becoming, befitting, respective). (various references)

   

Danish

  

leje (hire, rent, rental), gebyr (charge, dues, fee, rent, royalty, tax), afgift (levy, rent, royalty, tax, tax levy). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

bijdrage (contribution, dues). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پرداختنی (Payable, Solvency), مقتضی (Advisable, Appropriate, Expedient, Just, Material, Meet, Suitable), موعدپرداخت , ناشی از, حقوق (Emolument, Law, Pension, Salary, Stipend), حق (Law, Right, Title), سررسد, عوارض (Duty, Imposition, Toll), بدهی (Debit, Debt, Liability). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tarpeellinen (indispensable, necessary, needful, required, requisite), säännönmukainen (normal, regular), oikea (correct, exact, genuine, just, proper, real, right, true), langennut (fallen, mature), asianomainen (proper, the concerned), asianmukainen (fitting, proper), asiaankuuluva (appropriate, pertinent, relevant), arvonmukainen (fitting, proper). (various references)

   

French

  

droit (duty), , taxe, rendez-vous, redevance (dues), qu'on doit, qui convient, juste, exigible, convenable, attribuable à, échu (past due). (various references)

   

German

  

fällig (mature, matured, payable), schuldig (blamable, blameworthy, guiltily, guilty, sinful), gebührend (befitting, proper, suitable), Beitrag (article, contribution, fee, input, premium). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πρέπων (decent, just, proper, relevant), χρέος (debt), ληξιπρόθεσμοσ (lapsed, mature), απαιτούμενος, οφειλόμενοσ (owing), οφειλή (debt, sum due). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

חל (bastion, bulwark, in force, rampart), בגלל (because of, for, on account of, owing to), נאות (adequate, appropriate, beauty, becoming, comeliness, decent, fit, proper, seemly, suitable). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

követelés (accounts receivable, assertion, claim, demand, money at call, pretension, requisition), esedékes (mature, outstanding, receivable), lejáró (hatchway, maturing), kellő (competent, to impress sy, to underplay), jutalék (commission, dividend, divident, poundage, premia, premium), jogcím (claim, pretence, pretense, title, title-deed), járandóság (allowance, emoluments, pay). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

sehubungan (due to, in connection with), menganggut (move erractically, nod due to drowsiness, pitch). (various references)

   

Italian

  

tassa (assessment, charge, duty, fee, helm, rate, rudder, tax, toll). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

(Buddhist sect originating in the thirteenth century, game, genuine, genuineness, hunting, just, pure, reality, right, true, truth), 然るべき  (appropriate, proper), 然るべき (appropriate, proper), 正当 (equitable, just, justifiable, lawful, legitimate, proper, reasonable, right). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

しかるべき (appropriate, proper, suitable), (demon, devil, evil spirit evil influence, genuine, just, pause, pure, right, room, space, time, true), せいとう (conquest, correct answer, due east, equitable, just, justifiable, lawful, legitimate, meticulous, orthodox, political party, porcelain manufacturing, proper, reasonable, refined sugar, right, subjugation, sugar manufacture, sugar refining, traditional). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

만기가 되는. (various references)

   

Manx

  

yn-eeck (defrayable, dischargeable), ry-heet (forthcoming, forward, future, pending), kyndagh rish (owing to), kiart (accurate, concession, correct, exact, just, level, orthodox, precise, prerogative, proper, pukka, right, thorough-paced, title, true, true real, undeviating), jeeragh (candid, direct; erect, downright, fair and square, faithful; just, forthcoming, frank, honest, lineal; sincere, outright, outspoken, partly done, plumb, point-blank, rigid, straight, straight ahead, straightforward, strict, true, undeviating, unequivocal, unerring), cair (just, privilege, property, right, rights), appee (mature, ripe). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

skyldig (guilty), forfallen. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ueday.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

dívida (debt, score), devido (overdue, owing, payable), diretamente (bolt, diametrically, direct, directly, flush, full, immediately, point-blank, right, straight), foro (forum, judge-made law, law, tribunal, venue), contribuição (aid, cess, contribution, co-operation, excise, offering, tax, tribute), conveniente (advisable, appropriate, becoming, beseeming, congenial, congruous, convenient, fitting, friendly, handy, of use, opportune, proper, propitious, rightdown, seasonable, seemly, suitable, timely, well-timed, wieldy), cotas, adequado (adequate, apposite, appropriate, apt, conforming, congruous, fit, fitting, good, meet, proper, rightdown, seasonable, seemly, suitable), exatamente (close, cool, even, exactly, just, just so, okay, plumb, right, sharp), vencido (beaten, loser, mature, overdue, payable, subdued, washed-up), imposto (assessment, duty, excise, forced, imposition, impost, rate, scot, tax, taxation, taxing, tribute), justo (acceptable, adequate, clinging, close, correct, even, exact, fair, fit, good, home, honest, just, justifiable, reasonable, righteous, rightful, right-minded, straight, striking, tight, true, uprightly), obrigação (burden, business, commitment, devoir, duty, engagement, function, job, labor, labour, must, office, onus, ought, promissory, responsibility, shall, trust, would), próprio (becoming, congenial, correct, fit, fitting, good, herself, himself, itself, meet, own, particular, personal, proper, rightdown, seemly, self, selfsame, special, suitable, very), renda (accrual, endowment, finance, income, lace, render, revenue), taxa (average, duty, fare, fee, gear-ratio, imposition, impost, percentage, proportionable, rate, ratio, tax), tributo (imposition, impost, scot, subsidy, tax, tribute), emolumentos (perquisite). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

drept (as, attribution, claim, correct, Dexter, direct, directly, end on, endways, equitable, erect, even, evenly, exactly, fair, fairly, for, forthright, honest, just, justice, justly, kind, law, legitimate, patent, permission, plain, point blank, precisely, privilege, real, reasonable, right, right foot, right leg, righteous, Square, stand, stand up, straight, straightforward, true, truly, truthful, unprejudiced, upright), direct (bluff, bluntly, candidly, categorical, direct, directly, fair, first hand, flat, formal, frankly, full, immediate, official, open, openly, outright, plump, straight, straightforward, straightforwardly, straightly, straightway, through), datorie (assignment, bond, business, credit, debt, duty, indebtedness, obligation, office, part, responsibility), datorat (owed, owing), taxe, scadent, precis (accurate, accurately, certain, clean-cut, clockwork, dead, decided, decisive, definite, definitely, distinct, even, exact, exactly, flat, just, literal, narrow, positive, precise, regular, sharp, sound, specifically, straight, strict, truly, unambiguous), potrivit (according, according to, adequate, ample, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, assorted, average, becoming, befitting, commensurate, condign, congenial, congruous, conservative, correct, corresponding, decorous, duly, eligible, felicitous, fit, fitting, in point, likely, middling, moderate, moderately, opportune, Pat, proper, pursuant to, right, seemly, suitable, suited, to), platã (anticipation, charge, check, custom, defrayal, disbursement, discharge, fee, hire, offset, pay, pay off, payment, price, reward, wages), impozit (contribution, duty, impost, scot, tax, taxation, toll, tribute), exact (accurate, accurately, by the square, careful, clean-cut, clipping, clockwork, correct, dead, directly, even, exact, exactly, faithful, fitting, flat, for all the world, formal, just, just so, narrow, perfect, precise, precisely, proper, punctual, punctually, regular, right, rigorous, scholarly, sharp, slick, straight, strict, strictly, that's the idea, to a day, to a hair's breadth, true, truly, you've hit it), cuvenit (just, proper), cotizaţie (share, subscription), cele cuvenite. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

соответствующий (accordable, adequate, applicate, appropriate, coincident, conformable, conforming, congruent, congruous, consistent with, correct, corresponding, pertinent, proper, respective, substantive, suitable, suited, worthy), ожидаемый (coming, expected, pending, prospect, prospective), обусловленный (conventional, specified), налоги, надлежащий (just, proper), причитающийся (owing), должный точно, должный (just, owing). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

dual (a lock of hair, braid, hereditary right, hereditary right or disposition, lock of hair, plait, plait or fold, ringlet). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

dužan (beholden, indebted, obliged, owing), dospeo (mature), priznavanje. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

deuda (cargo, debt, indebtedness, term), debido (owing, right), debidamente (duly, justly, properly, rightly), deber (duty, encumbrance, job, must, obligation, onus, ought, owe, part, remit, shall, should, suppose, task, term, thing, trust), royalty (rent, royalty, tax), renta (allowance, income, pension, rent, rental, revenue, unearned income), pagadero (payable), oportuno (acceptable, advisable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, expedient, felicitous, fitting, happy, opportune, Pat, pertinent, proper, relevant, seasonable, suitable, timely, well timed), lo que merece uno, esperar (abide, anticipate, await, bargain for, bide, expect, foresee, hang about, hang around, hang on, hold off, hold on, hope, look, look for, look out for, stand about, stand around, stay, stay for, Tarry, think, trust, wait, wait about, wait around, wait for, watch), esperado (expected, hoped), conveniente (accordant, advisable, agreeable, apposite, appropriate, apt, becoming, beseeming, convenient, decent, expedient, fitting, meet, proper, seemly, suitable, unisonous, useful), apto (able, adequate, apt, competent, fit, qualified, suitable). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

vederbörlig, tillbörlig (decent, proper). (various references)

   

Thai

  

เงินที่ต้องชำระ, เหมาะสม (apt, become, becoming, befit, expedient, good, just, likely, meet, neat, seemly, suitable), โดยตรง (directly, linear, right, straight, straightforward), พร้อม, สิ่งที่สมควรได้รับ, ถึงกำหนด, ที่ค้างชำระ, ค่าธรรมเนียม (fee, tariff). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

doğru (above board, according to cocker, according to hoyle, accurate, aright, authentic, cheese, correct, direct, exact, exactly, fair, fair enough, faithful, for, guileless, honest, honest injun, just, on time, ortho-, orthodox, precisely, prompt, proper, punctual, quite so, right, righteous, sincere, spot-on, Square, straight, straight as a die, straight line, the right, the thing, the truth, thro, through, thru, true, truthful, up to, upstanding), zamanı gelmiş, vadesi dolmuş, uygun (acceptable, accommodating, adaptable, adequate, advisable, agreeable, allowable, answerable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, calculated, comely, commensurate, comparative, compatible, concordant, conformable, congenial, congruent, congruous, consistent, convenient, cool, correct, decent, done, eligible, enjoyable, equal, expedient, fair, fair enough, favorable