due

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Expected to happen, arrive, or be ready at a particular time.

   The train is due to arrive at nine o'clock.

2. 2
   adj

   That must be paid or returned by a certain time.

   The rent is due at the end of the month.

3. 3
   adj

   Proper and suitable for the situation.

   With all due respect, I think you're wrong about that.

4. 4
   noun

   Money that you regularly pay to belong to a club or organization.

   The club dropped him for not paying his dues.

Common collocations

• due date Adjective + noun

From Middle English dewe, dew, due, from Old French deü (“due”), past participle of devoir (“to owe”), from Latin dēbēre (“to owe”), from dē- (“from”) + habeō (“to have”).

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