"due" | Definition and Related Words

Adjective

Owed and payable immediately or on demand (synset 300137425)
"payment is due"
similar to:
- callable - subject to a demand for payment before due date
- cod, collect - payable by the recipient on delivery
- collectable, collectible, payable - subject to or requiring payment especially as specified
- delinquent, overdue - past due; not paid at the scheduled time
- receivable - awaiting payment
- on time - payable in installments within a designated period of time
- out-of-pocket - calling for the spending of cash
- repayable - subject to repayment
Scheduled to arrive (synset 300933157)
"the train is due in 15 minutes"

similar to: expected - considered likely or probable to happen or arrive
Suitable to or expected in the circumstances (synset 300138993)
"all due respect"; "due cause to honor them"; "a long due promotion"; "in due course"; "due esteem"; "exercising due care"
Capable of being assigned or credited to (synset 300173133)
"punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading"; "the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain"; "the oversight was not imputable to him"

similar to: attributable - capable of being attributed

same as: ascribable, imputable, referable

Noun

That which is deserved or owed (synset 105183609)
"give the devil his due"

is a type of: right - an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
A payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership) (synset 113418034)
"the society dropped him for non-payment of dues"

is a type of: fixed charge, fixed cost, fixed costs - a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.)

Adverb