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)

Mining

Tips from 1870

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Synonyms: Due

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).

Crosswords: Due

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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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

• Eurotax Due Ruote (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• Bossa per Due (reference)

• Due To A Faulty Premonition (reference)

• Due West: Music of Stephen Chatman (reference)

• Martinu: Sinfonietta Giocosa/Toccata E Due Canzoni/Sinfonietta La Jolla (reference)

• Valentini: Motetti e Madrigali a due Soprani (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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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.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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More is avowedly due to her.

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

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

Some months remained due.

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

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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)

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

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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.

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

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

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), dû, 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 

真 (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), ま (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, favourable, felicitous, fine, fit, fitted, fitting, for, in place, keen, likely, lovely, made to order, matching, meet, nice, opportune, permitting, pertinent, pleasant, proper, propitious, proportional, prosperous, pursuant, relevant, ripe, seasonable, seemly, Square, suitable, suited, tailormade, up to, well, well-matched), tam (absolute, accomplished, according to cocker, accurate, all out, at the time, bang, bang on, blank, clear, complete, consummate, correct, dead, desperately, downright, engrained, entire, even, exact, exactly, factual, full, full complement, fully, holo-, implicit, ingrained, intact, integral, intimate, just, literal, mathematical, on time, out and out, outright, overall, perfect, plenary, Plumb, plunk, precise, precisely, prize, prompt, proper, punctual, rank, right, rightdown, root and branch, round, sharp, sheer, simple, slap bang, slick, solid, spot-on, Square, stark, straight, strict, the very, thorough, thoroughgoing, to a t, true, trueborn, unalloyed, unambiguous, unmitigated, unredeemed, unreserved, utter, very, whole), hak (authority, benefit, claim, condign, dibs, franchise, jus, justice, right, title, warrant, warranty), gereken (necessary, necessity, required, the thing, wherewithal), beklenen (inevitable). (various references)

Ukrainian

точно (accurately, cold, dead, definitely, exactly, explicitly, fair, faithfully, flush, just, microscopically, minutely, precisely, prompt, punctually, sharp, to a turn, true, truly), очікуваний (calculated, coming, expected, pending), належне, належний (appropriate, appurtenant, becoming, competent, correct, meet, opportune, owing, respectable, seemly), належним чином (in due course, right, rightly), зобов'язаний (beholden, bound, indebted, obliged). (various references)

Vietnamese 

do bởi (dint, owing), xứng đáng (deserved, meritorious, well-earned, worthy), tiền nợ, thích đáng (adequate, apposite, appropriate, aptly, duly, pertinent, proper), tại, quyền được hưởng, nhờ có phải đến, hoàn toàn (all, all right, all-in-all, altogether, backbone, clean, completely, consummate, full, fully, heartily, hilt, hollow, inch, out-and-out, outright, perfectly, profound, purely, quite, regular, sheer, stark, thorough, thoroughly, undivided, utter, utterly, wholly), đúng với quyền được hưởng, đúng với cái được hưởng vì, đúng (actually, apt, aptly, aright, correct, exact, fair, fitting, just, precise, precisely, proper, properly, right, rightly, true, very), đến kỳ đòi, đến kỳ, đến hạn, đáng (deserved, dignified, well-earned). (various references)

Welsh

dyledus, dyladwy. (various references)

debere, debita, debitam, debitos, debitum, iusta, iustaque, iuste, iusti, iustis, iusto, iustorum, iustum, merito, meritum. (various references)

deu. (various references)

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

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

Derivations

Words beginning with "due": duecento, duecentos, duel, dueled, dueler, duelers, dueling, duelist, duelists, duelled, dueller, duellers, duelli, duelling, duellist, duellists, duello, duellos, duels, duende, duendes, dueness, duenesses, duenna, duennas, duennaship, duennaships, dues, duet, duets, duetted, duetting, duettist, duettists. (additional references)

Words ending with "due": endue, fondue, indue, overdue, perdue, residue, subdue, undue, vendue. (additional references)

Words containing "due": endued, endues, fondues, indued, indues, outduel, outdueled, outdueling, outduelled, outduelling, outduels, perdues, residues, subdued, subduedly, subduer, subduers, subdues, unsubdued, vendues. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Due" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adue, dae, daek, dbe, dce, dde, Ddoe, d'e, dee, deee, deej, dej, deq, Deu, deub, deud, deum, deun, deuq, deur, deux, dewe, deweb, Dewjee, Dfe, Dge, Dhe, diex, Djem, djur, dle, dmu, dne, doa, doec, doef, doei, doi, douay, Douwe, douxe, dre, Drue, drufe, druhe, druie, druje, druze, dsu, dte, dtu, du, Duao, duax, duay, dube, Duben, duc, dued, duem, duen, dueo, duer, duero, duex, duf, dufe, duge, duim, duir, duix, duj, dule, dume, D'ume, duqe, duree, duse, dute, duv, duve, duvey, duw, duwe, duxe, duy, duz, Dvu, dwee, dwur, dxe, edoe, eud, Fdu, iue, jue, kue, ndue, Ndume, odue, pdu, tuo, ud, udag, ude, uded, Udey, Udh, udi, udj, udo, Udu, Udy, ue, uee, uu, vue, zue. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: de, ed.

+1 letter: bedu, cued, duce, dude, duel, dues, duet, duke, dune, dupe, dure, feud, gude, hued, leud, lude, nude, rude, rued, sued, unde, used.

+2 letters: adieu, blued, budge, bused, clued, coude, crude, cubed, cured, daube, debug, debut, degum, demur, deuce, douce, douse, drupe, druse, duces, duded, dudes, duels, duets, duked, dukes, dulse, dunce, dunes, duped, duper, dupes, duple, dured, dures, duvet, educe, educt, elude, endue, equid, etude, exude, feuds, feued, flued, fudge, fumed, fused, fuzed, glued, gudes, guide, guyed, indue, judge, juked, leuds, lubed, ludes, luged, lured, luted, muled, mured, mused, muted, nuder, nudes, nudge, nudie, nuked, odeum, outed, perdu, prude, pseud, puked, puled, redub, redux, ruder, ruled, sedum, slued, spued, suede, trued, tubed, tuned, udder, umped, undee, under, undue, unfed, unled, unwed, upend, upped, uredo, urged.