Due

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1. Adjective

Owed, as a debt; that ought to be paid or done to or for another; payable; owing and demandable.

2. Adjective

Justly claimed as a right or property; proper; suitable; becoming; appropriate; fit.

3. Adjective

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. Adjective

Appointed or required to arrive at a given time; as, the steamer was due yesterday.

5. Adjective

Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.

6. Adverb

Directly; exactly; as, a due east course.

7. Noun

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. Noun

Right; just title or claim.

9. Verb

To endue.

10. Noun

that which is deserved or owed; "give the devil his due"
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