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dues

UK/djuːz/US/duz/

dues is the plural of due.

Meaning of due

Noun

due (plural dues)

  1. Deserved acknowledgment.
    • Give him his due – he is a good actor.
    Synonyms:
    credit
  2. (in plural) A membership fee.
  3. That which is owed; debt; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done, duty.
    • He will give the devil his due.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  4. Right; just title or claim.
    • The key of this infernal pit by due […] I keep.1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

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Noun

dues pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Membership fees.

Proper noun capitalized: Dues

Dues

  1. (plural) plural of Due

Phrases with dues

Words that rhyme with dues

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Questions about dues

What does dues mean?
Dues means membership fees.
What is dues the plural of?
Dues is the plural of due.
What part of speech is dues?
Dues can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce dues?
Dues is pronounced /djuːz/ (UK).

Words near dues in the dictionary

  1. Duers
  2. Duerson
  3. Duersons
  4. Duerst
  5. Duersts
  6. dues
  7. Duesenberg
  8. Duesenbergs
  9. Dueser
  10. Duesers
  11. duesey

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dues (page history and authors); Dues (page history and authors); due (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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