due

due
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. owed, owing, payable, outstanding, unpaid; rightful, proper, fit, appropriate, apropos; lawful, licit. See justice, rightness, expedience, debt, duty, effect.—n. reward, deserts. See compensation, justice, attribution.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Unpaid]
Syn. payable, owed, owing, outstanding, overdue, collectable, unsatisfied, unsettled, not met, matured, receivable, to be paid, chargeable, in arrears; see also unpaid 1 , 2 .
2. [Suitable]
Syn. fitting, proper, rightful, adequate; see deserved , enough 1 , fit 1 .
3. [Expected]
Syn. scheduled, anticipated, slated, promised; see expected 2 , planned .
• become ( or [m1]• fall) due,
Syn. mature, become payable, reach maturity, be owing, accrue.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
compensation, payment, recompense, what is coming, rightful claim, reward, comeuppance, *just deserts.
II
a.
1. owed in arrears, payable, unpaid, outstanding, unsatisfied, not met, mature.
2. appointed to arrive expected, scheduled, anticipated, slated, booked.
3. fitting appropriate, deserved, merited, justified, entitled, warranted.
ANT.: 1. paid, satisfied. 2. unscheduled, unexpected. 3. undue, inappropriate
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. Owed as a debt: outstanding, owed, owing, payable, receivable, unpaid, unsettled. See PAY. 2. Consistent with prevailing or accepted standards or circumstances: appropriate, deserved, fit1, fitting, just, merited, proper, right, rightful, suitable. See RIGHT. 3. Known to be about to arrive: anticipated, expected, scheduled. See SURPRISE. II noun 1. Something, such as money, owed by one person to another: arrearage, arrears, debt, indebtedness, liability, obligation. See OBLIGATION, PAY. 2. Something justly deserved: comeuppance, desert2 (often usqd in plural), guerdon, recompense, reward, wage (often used in plural). Informal: lump1 (used in plural). Idioms: what is coming to one, what one has coming. See REWARD. III adverb In a direct line: dead, direct, directly, right, straight, straightaway. See STRAIGHT.

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