Definition of due

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due    (d, dy) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:

1. Payable immediately or on demand.
2. Owed as a debt; owing: the amount still due.
3. In accord with right, convention, or courtesy; appropriate: due esteem; all due respect.
4. Meeting special requirements; sufficient: We have due cause to honor them.
5. 1. Expected or scheduled, especially appointed to arrive: Their plane is due in 15 minutes.
   2. Expected to give birth.
6. 1. Anticipated; looked for: a long due promotion.
   2. Expecting or ready for something as part of a normal course or sequence: We're due for some rain. This batter is due for another hit.
7. Capable of being attributed. See Usage Note at due to.

NOUN:

1. Something owed or deserved: You finally received your due.
2. dues A charge or fee for membership, as in a club or organization.

ADVERB:

1. Straight; directly: Go due west.
2. Archaic Duly.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French deu, past participle of devoir, to owe, from Latin dbre; see ghabh- in Indo-European roots