dues

/djuːz/ noun [plural]

Definition

› the payments that someone makes in order to belong to an organization: association/club/union dues The law guarantees that no worker can be forced to join a union, or pay union dues, to get or keep a job. annual/monthly/quarterly dues The organization's largest revenue source is membership dues, and members currently pay $49 a year.

› (also harbour dues) TRANSPORT the payments a ship owner makes for using a port: Dues for entering the port are calculated based upon the registered net tonnage of the vessel.

› UK (US back orders) COMMERCE orders for products that are not available at the time of the order: They are not currently recording dues, so there's no point in ordering things that are out of stock.

(Definition of dues noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)