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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

overdue
    adj 1: past due; not paid at the scheduled time; "an overdue
           installment"; "a delinquent account" [syn: delinquent,
           overdue]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

overdue \o"ver*due"\, a.
   Due and more than due; delayed beyond the proper time of
   arrival, payment, return, etc.; as, an overdue vessel; an
   overdue note; a book overdue at the library; an overdue
   payment.
   [1913 Webster +PJC]

3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

OVERDUE. A bill, note, bond or other contract, for the payment of money at a 
particular day, when not paid upon the day, is overdue. 
     2. The indorsement of a note or bill overdue, is equivalent to drawing 
a new bill payable at sight. 2 Conn. 419; 18 Pick. 260; 9 Alab. R. 153. 
     3. A note when passed or assigned when overdue, is subject to all the 
equities between the original contracting parties. 6 Conn. 5; 10 Conn. 30, 
55; 3 Har. (N. J.) Rep. 222.

Thesaurus Results for overdue:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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