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due diligence en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /d͡ʒuː ˌdɪl.ɪ.d͡ʒəns/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈdu ˌdɪl.ɪ.d͡ʒəns/ (US)
  • /ˈdjuː ˌdɪl.ɪ.d͡ʒəns/ (UK)
  • /ˈd͡ʒʉː ˌdɪl.ɪ.d͡ʒəns/ (Australia, New-Zealand)

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Appropriate, 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.
    • You are required to exercise due diligence by immediately reporting unauthorized withdrawals from your account and unauthorized use of your credit card.
  2. (uncountable) A 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.

Relateds

duty of care

Translations (23)

cmn 盡職盡責 /尽职尽责 (appropriate or required carefulness) · fo høviligt nærlagni (process of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract) · ka სათანადო სიფრთხილე (appropriate or required carefulness) · fi huolellisuusmenettely (process of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract) · fi asianmukainen huolellisuus (appropriate or required carefulness) · de Due-Diligence-Prüfung (process of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract) · nl due diligence (process of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract) · ka სათანადო მზრუნველობა (appropriate or required carefulness) · nl gepaste zorgvuldigheid (process of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract) · hu átvilágítás (process of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract) · ka კომპანიის აუდიტი (process of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract) · hu elvárható/megfelelő/kellő gondosság (appropriate or required carefulness) · ru ко́мплексная прове́рка (process of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract) · ru ко́мплексная оце́нка (process of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract) · el προσήκων έλεγχος (process of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract) · ru до́лжная осторо́жность (appropriate or required carefulness) · de gebotene Sorgfalt (appropriate or required carefulness) · sv förvärvsgranskning (process of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract) · ka ფინანსურ-იურიდიული შესწავლა (process of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract) · cmn 盡職調查 /尽职调查 (process of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract) · el διαγνωστικός έλεγχος (process of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract) · de Due Diligence (process of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract) · cmn 盡調 /尽调 (process of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract)