| ADJECTIVE | all | due | owed and payable immediately or on demand |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | due | scheduled to arrive | |
| all | due | suitable to or expected in the circumstances | |
| all | due, ascribable, imputable, referable | capable of being assigned or credited to | |
| NOUN | attribute | due | that which is deserved or owed |
| possession | due | a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership) | |
| ADVERB | all | due | directly or exactly |
| Sounds | duw'; dyuw' | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | adieu ... voodoo: 22 rhymes with duw... | |
| anew ... Yue: 59 rhymes with yuw... | ||
| Meaning | owed and payable immediately or on demand. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "payment is due" | |
| Narrower | callable | Subject to a demand for payment before due date |
| collect, cod | Payable by the recipient on delivery | |
| collectible, collectable, payable | subject to or requiring payment especially as specified | |
| delinquent, overdue | Past due | |
| on time | Payable in installments within a designated period of time | |
| out-of-pocket | calling for the spending of cash | |
| receivable | awaiting payment | |
| repayable | subject to repayment | |
| See also | unpaid | not paid |
| Opposite | undue | not yet payable |
| Spanish | adeudado, debido | |
| Catalan | degut | |
| Meaning | scheduled to arrive. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the train is due in 15 minutes" | |
| Broader | expected | Considered likely or probable to happen / happen or arrive |
| Meaning | Suitable to or expected in the circumstances. | |
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| Opposite | undue | not appropriate or proper (or even legal) in the circumstances |
| Meaning | Capable of being assigned or credited to. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain" | |
| Synonyms | ascribable, imputable, referable | |
| Broader | attributable | capable of being attributed |
| Spanish | atribuible, imputable | |
| Catalan | imputable | |
| Meaning | That which is deserved or owed. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "give the devil his due" | |
| Broader | right | An abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature |
| Meaning | A payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership). | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the society dropped him for non-payment of dues" | |
| Broader | fixed charge, fixed cost, fixed costs | A periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.) |
| Spanish | cuota | |
| Meaning | directly or exactly; straight. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "went due North" | |
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