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The meaning of DUE is owed or owing as a debt. How to use due in a sentence.
be due The rent is due (= should be paid) at the end of the month. When is the next payment due? due to someone Our thanks are due to everyone. £50 is due me from the people I worked for last month.
Something that is due, or that is due to someone, is owed to them, either as a debt or because they have a right to it. I was sent a cheque for £1,525 and advised that no further pension was due.
1. a. owing or owed: This bill is due next month. b. immediately owed: This bill is due. 2. owing or observed as a moral or natural right. 3. rightful; proper; fitting: in due time. 4. adequate; sufficient: a due margin for delay.
Some people think that it is more correct to use owing to to mean ‘because of’ after a verb or at the beginning of a clause, because due is an adjective. However, this use of due to is now very common and accepted as part of standard English.
Due to as a prepositional phrase meaning “because of, owing to” has been in use since the 14th century: Due to the sudden rainstorm, the picnic was moved indoors.
The word due has to do with deadlines and things that are owed. When you're time is up on a library book, it's due. Many bills — such as cable and phone bills — are due once a month. If you miss a due date, you could be in trouble: you might get a bad grade on your paper or the cable guy might take away your favorite stations. "Due."
1 prep-phrase If an event is due to something, it happens or exists as a direct result of that thing. The country's economic problems are largely due to the weakness of the recovery... 2 prep-phrase You can say due to to introduce the reason for something happening.
The bill is due at the end of the month. The balance is now due. The amount due is 45 dollars. The bill is past due. [=it is late; it should have been paid before now]
Due refers to something expected or scheduled to happen or be delivered at a particular time. It can also refer to something owed or required as part of a responsibility or obligation.