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   due

   /do͞o/

   adjective

   • 1. expected at or planned for at a certain time: "the baby's due in August" Similar expectedrequiredawaitedanticipatedscheduled for
   • ▪ (of a payment) required at a certain time: "the May installment was due" Similar owingowedto be paidpayablepayable nowpayable immediatelyreceivable immediatelyoutstandingoverdueunpaidunsettledundischargeddelinquentpast dueOpposite paid
   • ▪ (of a person) having reached a point where the thing mentioned is required or owed: "she was due for a raise"
   • ▪ (of a thing) required or owed as a legal or moral obligation: "he was only taking back what was due to him" Similar deserved bymerited byearned bywarranted byappropriate tofit forfitting forsuitable forright forproper toarchaic:meet forOpposite undeserved by
   • 2. of the proper quality or extent; adequate: "driving without due care and attention" Similar properright and propercorrectrightfulfittingsuitableappropriateaptadequatesufficientenoughamplesatisfactoryrequisiteformal:condignarchaic:meetOpposite unsuitable

   noun

   • 1. a person's right; what is owed to someone: "he attracts more criticism than is his due" Similar rightful treatmentfair treatmentdeserved fatejust punishmentrightentitlementrightsjust desertsdesertsinformal:comeuppancearchaic:recompense
   • 2. an obligatory payment; a fee: "he had paid union dues for years" Similar feemembership feesubscriptionchargetolllevypaymentcontribution

   adverb

   • 1. (with reference to a point of the compass) exactly; directly: "we'll head due south again on the same road"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘payable’): from Old French deu ‘owed’, based on Latin debitus ‘owed’, from debere ‘owe’.

   Scrabble Points: 4

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