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noun

• Deserved acknowledgment.

  Example: Give him his due — he is a good actor.

• (in plural dues) A membership fee.

• That which is owed; debt; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done, duty.

• Right; just title or claim.

adjective

• Owed or owing.

  Example: He can wait for the amount due him.

• Appropriate.

  Example: With all due respect, you're wrong about that.

• Scheduled; expected.

  Example: Rain is due this afternoon.

• Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.

  Example: The baby is just about due.

• Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.

  Example: The dangerously low water table is due to rapidly growing pumping.

• On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass

  Example: The town is 5 miles due North of the bridge.

adverb

• (used with compass directions) Directly; exactly.

  Example: The river runs due north for about a mile.