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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Due \Due\, adjective [OF. deu, F. d[^u], p. p. of devoir to owe, fr. L. debere. See {Debt}, {Habit}, and cf. {Duty}.]
1. Owed, as a debt; that ought to be paid or done to or for another; payable; owing and demandable.
2. Justly claimed as a right or property; proper; suitable; becoming; appropriate; fit.
Her obedience, which is due to me. --Shak.
With dirges due, in sad array, Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne. --Gray.
3. 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. Appointed or required to arrive at a given time; as, the steamer was due yesterday.
5. Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
This effect is due to the attraction of the sun. --J. D. Forbes.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Due \Due\, adverb Directly; exactly; as, a due east course.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Due \Due\, noun
1. 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.
He will give the devil his due. --Shak.
Yearly little dues of wheat, and wine, and oil. --Tennyson.
2. Right; just title or claim.
The key of this infernal pit by due . . . I keep. --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Due \Due\, verb (used with an object) To endue. [Obs.] --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
due
adjective
1: owed and payable immediately or on demand; "payment is due" [syn: {owed}] [ant: {undue}]
2: proper and appropriate; fitting; "richly deserved punishment"; "due esteem" [syn: {deserved}]
3: scheduled to arrive; "the train is due in 15 minutes" [syn: {due(p)}]
4: suitable to or expected in the circumstances; "all due respect"; "due cause to honor them"; "a long due promotion"; "in due course" [ant: {undue}]
5: reasonable in the circumstances; "gave my comments due consideration"; "exercising due care"
noun
1: that which is deserved or owed; "give the devil his due"
2: a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership); "the society dropped him for non-payment of dues"
adverb: directly or exactly; straight; "went due North"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
209 Moby Thesaurus words for "due": according to Hoyle, accountable, accounts payable, accounts receivable, acknowledgment, adequate, alleged, amount due, ample, anticipated, appropriate, appurtenance, arrearage, arrears, ascribable, assignable, attributable, attributed, authority, awaited, back, bad debts, balanced, barely sufficient, bill, bills, birthright, borrowing, charged, charges, chits, claim, cognizance, comeuppance, coming, coming to, commensurate, compensation, competent, condign, conjugal right, correct, corresponding, credit, credited, crediting, dead, dead ahead, debt, decent, decorous, defensible, demand, derivable from, derivational, derivative, deserts, deserved, deserving, direct, directly, divine right, droit, due north, dueness, dues, earned, enough, entitled to, entitlement, equal to, equitable, even, evenhanded, expected, explicable, faculty, fair, fair and square, financial commitment, fit, fitting, floating debt, foreseen, forthright, funded debt, good, good enough, guerdon, hoped-for, imminent, imputable, imputed, in a beeline, in arrear, in arrears, in line with, in prospect, in view, inalienable right, indebtedness, indebtment, interest, just, justifiable, justified, kosher, lawful, legal, level, liability, long-expected, lust, mature, maturity, meet, meet and right, merit, merited, meriting, meritorious, minimal, minimum, national debt, natural right, need, nice, normal, normative, obligation, on the horizon, outstanding, outstanding debt, overdue, owed, owing, payable, payment, pledge, plenty, plenty good enough, power, prerogative, prescription, presumed, presumptive right, pretense, pretension, probable, promised, proper, proper claim, property right, proportionate, prospective, public debt, putative, receivable, recognition, recompense, recompensing, redeemable, referable, referred to, repayment, reprisal, requisite, retaliation, retribution, revenge, reward, right, right and proper, righteous, rightful, rights, satisfaction, satisfactory, score, seemly, square, straight, straight across, straight ahead, straightforward, straightforwards, straightly, substantial, sufficient, sufficient for, sufficing, suitable, title, traceable, uncollectibles, undeviatingly, unfulfilled pledge, unpaid, unsettled, unswervingly, unveeringly, up to, vengeance, vested interest, vested right, warrantable, warranted, what is owing, worthy of
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