due

due
due ► ADJECTIVE 1) owing or payable. 2) expected at or planned for a certain time. 3) (often due to) merited; fitting. 4) at a point where something is owed or merited: he was due for a rise. 5) proper; appropriate: due process of law.
► NOUN 1) (one's due/dues) a person's right. 2) (dues) fees.
► ADVERB ▪ (with reference to a point of the compass) directly.
● due to — Cf. ↑due to
● give someone their due — Cf. ↑give someone their due
● in due course — Cf. ↑in due course
● pay one's dues — Cf. ↑pay one's dues
USAGE Due to in the sense ‘because of’ has been condemned as incorrect on the grounds that due is an adjective and should not be used in a prepositional phrase. However, this use is now common and is regarded as part of standard English.
ORIGIN Old French deu 'owed' , from Latin debere 'owe' .

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