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.

Examples of past due in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With rent and bill payments beginning to stack up past due for many of Patelco’s half a million clients statewide, customers are left having to wait in lines at many of Patelco’s 37 branches in California. —Kyle Martin, The Mercury News, 5 July 2024

Of the total loan amount, up to $3.5 million will go toward past due payroll and payroll due today (July 5), up to $2.85 million will be earmarked for payroll deductions and another $1.65 million for payments to Anthem for health care premiums. —Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 July 2024

Since it was created in 2021, the program had resulted in payment of more than $40 million on past due bills through the middle of last year, according to the utility. —Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2024

On an annualized basis, Fed data shows that about 8.5% of credit card balances became 30 days or more past due in the fourth quarter. —Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 15 Feb. 2024