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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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  1. a. Owed, as a debt; that ought to be paid or done to or for another; payable; owing and demandable.
  2. a. Justly claimed as a right or property; proper; suitable; becoming; appropriate; fit.
  3. 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.
  4. a. Appointed or required to arrive at a given time; as, the steamer was due yesterday.
  5. a. Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
  6. adv. Directly; exactly; as, a due east course.
  7. 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.
  8. n. Right; just title or claim.
  9. v. t. To endue.
  10. adj. owed and payable immediately or on demand
  11. adj. scheduled to arrive
  12. adj. suitable to or expected in the circumstances