Thesaurus: due
Owed, as a debt; that ought to be paid or done to or for another; payable; owing and demandable.
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Definitions
- a. Owed, as a debt; that ought to be paid or done to or for another; payable; owing and demandable.
- a. Justly claimed as a right or property; proper; suitable; becoming; appropriate; fit.
- a. Such as (a thing) ought to be; fulfilling obligation; proper; lawful; regular; appointed; sufficient; exact; as, due process of law; due service; in due time.
- a. Appointed or required to arrive at a given time; as, the steamer was due yesterday.
- a. Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
- adv. Directly; exactly; as, a due east course.
- n. That which is owed; debt; that which one contracts to pay, or do, to or for another; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done; a fee; a toll.
- n. Right; just title or claim.
- v. t. To endue.
- adj. owed and payable immediately or on demand
- adj. scheduled to arrive
- adj. suitable to or expected in the circumstances