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

- a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership)
"the society dropped him for non-payment of dues"

- reasonable in the circumstances
"gave my comments due consideration"
"exercising due care"

- owed and payable immediately or on demand
"payment is due"

- suitable to or expected in the circumstances
"all due respect"
"due cause to honor them"
"a long due promotion"
"in due course"

- proper and appropriate

- fitting
"richly deserved punishment"
"due esteem"

- directly or exactly

- straight
"went due North"

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.

1. Directly; exactly; as, a due east course.

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.

1. To endue. [Obs.] Shak.