Antonyms for dues
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : doo, dyoo |
| Phonetic Transcription : du, dyu |
Definition of dues
Origin :- "fee for membership," 1660s, from plural of due (n.). To pay (one's) dues in the figurative sense is from 1943. "Giue them their due though they were diuels" [1589].
- noun payment for membership
- Dues would be merely nominal, a dollar a year or some such matter.
- Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- His law existed only for himself; his government had no object but to collect his dues.
- Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
- They'll pay our dues, and what they get back will be their own!
- Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
- What is it to you if O'Sullivan Og takes our dues for us—and a trifle over?
- Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
- I'm made aware that the goods are held under lien for dues, and I can do nothing.
- Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
- I have collected the dues and paid them to the agents of the Jong Pen.
- Extract from : « In the Forbidden Land » by Arnold Henry Savage Landor
- And did she submissively consent to be deprived of her just dues?
- Extract from : « Fair to Look Upon » by Mary Belle Freeley
- Who to the stranger son have yielded their dues with a dower!
- Extract from : « The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus » by Caius Valerius Catullus
- The Chinese began to demand the payment of taxes and dues from 1912.
- Extract from : « Beasts, Men and Gods » by Ferdinand Ossendowski
- The Czar always got his dues, no matter if it ruined a family.
- Extract from : « The Promised Land » by Mary Antin
Synonyms for dues
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