past due
idiom
1
: late being paid
The bill is past due.
2
: late arriving
He's past due—it's one o'clock and he was supposed to be here at twelve thirty.
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Cincinnati mayoral candidate Cory Bowman was hit with 10 judgments for past due sales taxes on his coffee shop.
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Randy Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Oct. 2025
The smaller version of the program is for households at or below 200% of the federal poverty level — or $53,300 for a three-person family — and who don't have a past due balance.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Exact Sciences, the company that markets the Cologuard test, teamed up with health insurance companies and health systems to send kits to the homes of eligible people who have never been screened for colon cancer or are past due.
—Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
According to data from Intercontinental Exchange, serious delinquencies—which refer to loans that are over 90 days past due—were up 30,000 in July from a year earlier.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
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Randy Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Oct. 2025
The smaller version of the program is for households at or below 200% of the federal poverty level — or $53,300 for a three-person family — and who don't have a past due balance.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Exact Sciences, the company that markets the Cologuard test, teamed up with health insurance companies and health systems to send kits to the homes of eligible people who have never been screened for colon cancer or are past due.
—Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
According to data from Intercontinental Exchange, serious delinquencies—which refer to loans that are over 90 days past due—were up 30,000 in July from a year earlier.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Past due.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/past%20due. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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