due
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3.3
- noun
- /du/
:
cuota
- Many professionals consider networking events a great way to meet people while paying their dues.
- pay dues
- membership dues
- dues from members
Like I've paid dues, but for me now it's like climbing the mountain.
- Like I've paid dues, but for me now it's like climbing the mountain.
- The way it stopped paying its dues at UNESCO so they lost their rights to vote.
- Hoas do decrease the dues they assess if they don't need any more money.
- And it's because they acquired the money without paying the dues.
- He said don't get a job when you do your day job and you're earning your, you're paying your dues.
- You know, politics and it's, and they're willing to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars of teacher membership dues to get their board members on this board.
- Then to it's, it's the same in the sense of that you have to pay your dues and you have to start by getting on a show and working on a show.
- And just for someone to get a an opportunity like that who hasn't paid their dues is really kind of, I didn't understand the depth of all of it.
- Because in Islam you would pay dues to religious leaders.
- the US is almost the only place in the world where you can bring lawsuits against people and win or lose, you don't have to pay their court dues.
- I got a job, paid my dues, stuck it out, ate shit, made millions.
- That's those other guys that make you pay dues.
- There's nothing wrong with putting in your dues on easy deals like single family wedges.
- You got all things tech, right, communications tech, you got all of your dues, you got auto insurance, insurances, E&L; equipment.
Examples
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Well, that sign says this is an N.R.A. club, and I'm a dues-paying N.R.A. member.
Fiction book (1993) -
Oh, well, surely you agree that your dues paying members should have healthcare benefits.
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Yes, You know, you paid your dues as much as anybody to have what you are now getting.
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I just paid my dues this morning.
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Once you pay your initial dues, we'll get you started on the health care plan.
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I still paid union dues and tried to follow the rules.
Fiction book (1993) -
National members pay annual dues as approved by each General Assembly, but individual membership is free of charge.
Academic text (2000) -
Here they were met by demands for union dues and participation in union activities where they worked.
Academic text (1998) -
Will told me he pays two grand a month in membership dues, all of which is covered by patrons.
Fiction book (2002) -
As a member of the club, you must pay your dues annually to retain your benefits.
Synonyms
805
1.0
Money given for goods, services, or to settle a debt
729
1.0
Money paid for a service or right
136
3.8
A formal legal or financial promise to do what an agreement says, often with a penalty if not kept
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4.5
An amount of money someone must pay to another person or company
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Idioms
Compounds
- Formal
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4.0
Fair legal steps that follow rules and protect people from unfair loss of freedom or property
- Formal
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5.5
A rule that the government must follow fair legal steps before taking someone's life, freedom, or property
- Formal
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5.0
A level of careful attention a sensible person shows in a situation, often required by law
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Due for a regular payment, or 'dues', also comes from Old French deu meaning 'owed', like money you 'owe'. So membership 'dues' are payments 'owed' to keep your place in a group.