Meanings
noundue diligence (uncountable)
- uncountableAppropriate, required, reasonable care or carefulness.
Consumers are required to use their credit cards with due diligence, which includes making sure that strangers cannot find or see their PIN.
1 more example
You are required to exercise due diligence by immediately reporting unauthorized withdrawals from your account and unauthorized use of your credit card.
- uncountablelawA process during which a potential party to a contract evaluates the assets and liabilities of one or more other potential parties, to assess whether it should enter into the contract.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 盡職盡責 /尽职尽责, 盡職調查 /尽职调查
- 盡職盡責 /尽职尽责 (jìnzhí jìnzé)appropriate or required carefulness
- 盡職調查 /尽职调查 (jìnzhí diàochá)process of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract
- 盡調 /尽调 (jìndiào)process of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract
Dutch gepaste zorgvuldigheid, due diligence
- gepaste zorgvuldigheidprocess of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract
- due diligenceprocess of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract
Finnish asianmukainen huolellisuus, huolellisuusmenettely
- asianmukainen huolellisuusappropriate or required carefulness
- huolellisuusmenettelyprocess of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract
German gebotene Sorgfalt, Due Diligence
- gebotene Sorgfaltappropriate or required carefulness
- Due Diligenceprocess of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract
- Due-Diligence-Prüfungprocess of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract
Greek προσήκων έλεγχος, διαγνωστικός έλεγχος
- προσήκων έλεγχος (prosíkon élenchos)process of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract
- διαγνωστικός έλεγχος (diagnostikós élenchos)process of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract
Hungarian elvárható/megfelelő/kellő gondosság, átvilágítás
- elvárható/megfelelő/kellő gondosságappropriate or required carefulness
- átvilágításprocess of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract
Russian до́лжная осторо́жность, ко́мплексная оце́нка
- до́лжная осторо́жность (dólžnaja ostoróžnostʹ)appropriate or required carefulness
- ко́мплексная оце́нка (kómpleksnaja océnka)process of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract
- ко́мплексная прове́рка (kómpleksnaja provérka)process of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract
Swedish förvärvsgranskning
- förvärvsgranskningprocess of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract
Cite this entry
APA
due diligence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/due%20diligence
MLA
“due diligence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/due%20diligence. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “due diligence,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/due%20diligence.
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