Definitions for dues

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dues due

Spelling: [doo, dyoo]

IPA: /du, dyu/

Dues is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 27 anagrams from letters in dues (desu).

Definitions for dues

noun

1. something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
2. Usually, dues. a regular fee or charge payable at specific intervals, especially to a group or organization:

Idioms

1. due to, attributable to; ascribable to: because of; owing to:
2. give someone his / her due, to give what justice demands; treat fairly: to credit a disliked or dishonorable person for something that is likable, honorable, or the like.
3. pay one's dues, to earn respect, a position, or a right by hard work, sacrifice, or experience:

adverb

1. directly or exactly:
2. Obsolete. duly.

adjective

1. owed at present; having reached the date for payment:
2. owing or owed, irrespective of whether the time of payment has arrived:
3. owing or observed as a moral or natural right.
4. rightful; proper; fitting:
5. adequate; sufficient:
6. under engagement as to time; expected to be ready, be present, or arrive; scheduled:

Origin of dues

1275-1325; Middle English Anglo-French; Middle French deu, past participle of devoir Latin dēbēre to owe; see debt

Examples for dues

“I write for myself and that reader who will pay the dues,” she once noted.

His law existed only for himself; his government had no object but to collect his dues.

You pay your dues, you get to use the name, the symbol, and the force that comes with it—you make money.

What is it to you if O'Sullivan Og takes our dues for us—and a trifle over?

dues would be merely nominal, a dollar a year or some such matter.

And I wouldn't have gone this far if I ever thought that was a possibility… He made a mistake, and he's paid his dues.

I'm made aware that the goods are held under lien for dues, and I can do nothing.

It also says dues go toward paying a more than $15 million federal racketeering settlement.

They'll pay our dues, and what they get back will be their own!

Perhaps these workers did not want their dues siphoned off for political activity.