Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - due

~1 adj 1 be due to be expected to happen or arrive at a particular time  (When is your baby due? | be due at five o'clock/thirteen hundred hours etc)  (The flight from Boston is due at 9:30. | be due in an hour/two days etc)  (The bus is due any minute now. | be due to do sth)  (The meeting isn't due to start until three. | be due for sth (=expect to get something))  (I'm due for a pay rise soon. | due back/out/in etc)  (You were due back an hour ago.) 2 due to because of  (The company's problems are due to a mixture of bad luck and poor management. | The 15.30 train to Sheffield has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control.)  (- see owing) 3 »OWED« owed to someone either as a debt or because they have a right to it  (You're due three weeks holiday this year. | be due to)  (Treat him with the respect that is due to a world champion.) 4 »MONEY« an amount of money that is due is the amount that should be paid now  (The first interest payments will be due in August.) 5 with (all) due respect spoken used when you disagree with someone or criticize them in a polite way  (With all due respect, you don't have as much experience as she does.) 6 in due course at some time in the future when it is the right time, but not before  (The committee will consider your application in due course.) 7 »PROPER« only before noun formal proper or suitable  (She was convicted of driving without due care and attention.)  (- see also duly) ~2 n 1 give sb his/her due used when criticizing someone to admit that not all the things they did were bad, wrong, unpleasant etc  (John was a lousy teacher, but to give him his due he tried hard.) 2 dues regular payments you make to an organization of which you are a member  (pay your dues)  (All the union members have already paid their dues.) 3 your/his etc due the amount of money someone is owed, or something they have a right to  (Gwen never takes more than her due.) ~3 adv due north/south/east/west directly or exactly north etc