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adjective

1. Owed as a debt: outstanding, owed, owing, payable, receivable, unpaid, unsettled. See pay/owe.
2. Consistent with prevailing or accepted standards or circumstances: appropriate, deserved, fit¹, fitting, just, merited, proper, right, rightful, suitable. See right/wrong.
3. Known to be about to arrive: anticipated, expected, scheduled. See surprise/expect.

noun

1. Something, such as money, owed by one person to another: arrearage, arrears, debt, indebtedness, liability, obligation. See obligation, pay/owe.
2. Something justly deserved: comeuppance, desert² (often used in plural), guerdon, recompense, reward, wage (often used in plural). Informal lump¹ (used in plural). Idioms: what is coming to one, what one has coming. See reward/punish/deserve.

adverb

In a direct line: dead, direct, directly, right, straight, straightaway. See straight/bent.

In addition to the idiom beginning with due, also see give credit (where it's due); give someone his or her due; give the devil his due; in due course; pay one's dues; with all due respect.

adj

Definition: appropriate, proper
Antonyms: improper, inappropriate, insufficient, unjustified, unmerited, unrightful, unsuitable

adj

Definition: unpaid; owing money
Antonyms: paid

adv

Definition: directly
Antonyms: indirectly

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

Just; proper; regular; lawful; sufficient; reasonable, as in the phrases due care, due process of law, due notice.

Owing; payable; justly owed. That which one contracts to pay or perform to another; that which law or justice requires to be paid or done. Owed, or owing, as distinguished from payable. A debt is often said to be due from a person where he or she is the party owing it, or primarily bound to pay, whether the time for payment has or has not arrived. The same thing is true of the phrase due and owing.

The term due is essentially contextual in nature and has various legal applications, all of which involve the sufficiency or reasonableness of an action or obligation.

Due care is the use of the requisite amount of caution needed in a particular set of circumstances based upon what a reasonably prudent person would do under similar circumstances. Exercising due care while driving might mean obeying traffic regulations.

Due consideration is the proper weight or significance given to a matter or a factor as circumstances mandate. It may also have application in sufficiency of consideration in the law of contracts.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - skyldig, forfaldende, fortjent, rimelig
n. - ret, hvad der tilkommer en, gæld, afgift, gebyr
adv. - stik

idioms:

• due date    forfaldsdato
• due process    passende rettergang
• due to    på grund af
• give someone their due    give nogen deres retmæssige andel, være fair mod nogen
• in due course    i rette tid, efter naturens love
• pay one's dues    betale sin gæld
• with due respect    med al respekt

Nederlands (Dutch)
verschuldigd, toekomend, passend, precies, verwacht, vanwege, schuld, (mv) contributie iemand geven wat hem toekomt

Français (French)
adj. - dû, qu'on doit, qui convient, (en temps) utile, prévu, dû à, attribuable à
n. - justice à (qn), cotisation (de membre), droits (de port), échéance
adv. - directement, vers, en direction, en raison de, grâce à, (tout) droit, plein (nord, sud, etc)

idioms:

• due date    échéance, date d'échéance, (Méd) date présumée de l'accouchement
• due process    par voie légale
• due to    à la suite de, par suite de, étant donné
• give someone their due    rendre justice à qn, être juste envers qn
• in due course    à échéance, en temps nécessaire, en temps voulu
• pay one's dues    payer son dû
• with all due respect    sans vouloir vous contredire, sauf votre respect
• with due respect    avec le respect dû, comme il convient

Deutsch (German)
adj. - fällig, geschuldet, gebührend
n. - was jmdm. zusteht, Schulden, Gebühren
adv. - direkt, genau

idioms:

• due date    Fälligkeitstermin, errechnetes Geburtsdatum
• due process    (jur.) rechtsmäßiges Verfahren
• due to    infolge, wegen
• give someone their due    jmndm. Gerechtigkeit widerfahren lassen
• in due course    zu gegebener Zeit
• pay one's dues    Lehrgeld zahlen
• with all due respect    bei allem Respekt
• with due respect    bei allem Respekt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - οφειλόμενος, απαιτητός, ληξιπρόθεσμος, προσήκων, ορθός, δίκαιος, σωστός, αναμενόμενος
n. - δίκαιη απαίτηση, χρέος, οφειλή, τέλος, φόρος

idioms:

• due date    (οικον.) ημερομηνία εξόφλησης ή λήξης
• due process    (νομ.) τυπική διαδικασία
• due to    οφειλόμενος σε, λόγω, εξαιτίας
• give someone their due    δίνω σε κάποιον ό, τι δικαιούται
• in due course    την κατάλληλη στιγμή, όταν έρθει η ώρα του
• pay one's dues    εξοφλώ το χρέος μου
• with due respect    με όλο το σεβασμό

Italiano (Italian)
quota, dovuto per, dovuto

idioms:

• be due    spettare a
• due date    data utile
• due process    secondo i diritti
• due to    in seguito a
• give someone their due    dare quel che si merita
• in due course    al tempo debito
• pay one's dues    imparare a proprie spese
• with due respect    col dovuto rispetto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - devido
n. - devido (m)

idioms:

• be due    ser aguardado
• due date    na dia certo
• due process    processo (m) devido
• due to    devido a
• give someone their due    aquilo a que alguém tem direito
• in due course    no tempo devido
• pay one's dues    pagar suas dívidas
• with due respect    com o devido respeito

Русский (Russian)
должный, членский взнос, взнос

idioms:

• be due    быть должным
• due date    срок платежа
• due process    процессуальный кодекс
• due to    из-за, благодаря
• give someone their due    отдать должное
• in due course    со временем
• pay one's dues    заслужить право/привилегию, платить членский взнос
• with due respect    при всем уважении

Español (Spanish)
adj. - merecido, debido, adeudado, pagadero, adecuado
n. - deudas, debido, adeudado
adv. - directamente, exactamente

idioms:

• due date    fecha de vencimiento
• due process    proceso legal establecido
• due to    debido a, por causa de, por efecto de
• give someone their due    reconocer a alguien sus méritos, darle su merecido
• in due course    a su debido tiempo
• pay one's dues    pagar las cuotas
• with all due respect    con el debido respeto...
• with due respect    con el respeto debido

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - som skall betalas, vederbörlig, beroende på, som skall komma
n. - ngns rätt, skuld, avgifter

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
应得的, 正当的, 应付的, 应得之物, 应付款, 应得权益, 税金, 正

idioms:

• due date    到期日
• due process    法定诉讼程序
• due to    因为, 由于
• give someone their due    给某人应有的评价
• in due course    及时地, 在适当时
• pay one's dues    尽责
• with due respect    尽管对阁下尊敬之至

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 應得的, 正當的, 應付的
n. - 應得之物, 應付款, 應得權益, 稅金
adv. - 正

idioms:

• due date    到期日
• due process    法定訴訟程序
• due to    因為, 由於
• give someone their due    給某人應有的評價
• in due course    及時地, 在適當時
• pay one's dues    盡責
• with due respect    盡管對閣下尊敬之至

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 지불 기일이 된, 마땅히 행해져야 할, 정당한, ~할 예정인
n. - 회비, 세금, 지불되어야 하는 것
adv. - 때문에, 예정으로

idioms:

• due to    ~의 이유로, ~때문에
• give someone their due    공정하게 다루다
• in due course    물론
• with due respect    예의를 갖추어 반대의견을 말하다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 支払われるべき, 支払い期日になった, 当然払われるべき, 原因を帰すべき, 責任がある, 正当な, 当然の, 適当な, 予定で, 満期で, 帰すべき
n. - 当然受けるべきもの, 料金, 使用料, 税金, 税
adv. - 正確に

idioms:

• be due    することになっている
• due date    期限, 納期
• due process    正当な法の手続き
• due to    …のため
• in due course    そのうちに, 事が順調に運んで
• with all due respect    ということを考えると
• with due respect    十分敬意を表して

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مطلوب, مستحق الدفع أو الأداء, مناسب (الاسم) شئ مستحق الدفع أو الأداء, مستحقات يكون عادلا اتجاه شخص‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮יש לפרעו, נאות, נכון, מתאים, מגיע ל-, ראוי ל-‬
n. - ‮אגרה, מס, זכות, חובה‬
adv. - ‮יש לפרעו, ישירות, בדיוק‬

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