DUE DATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does due date mean? 

• DUE DATE (noun)
  The noun DUE DATE has 1 sense:

1. the date on which an obligation must be repaid

  Familiarity information: DUE DATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DUE DATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The date on which an obligation must be repaid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

due date; maturity; maturity date

Hypernyms ("due date" is a kind of...):

date; day of the month (the specified day of the month)

 Context examples 

Meconium aspiration syndrome occurs in 5-10 percent of births and typically occurs when the infant is stressed, as when the infant is past its due date.

(Meconium Aspiration Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)