"due diligence" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdjuː ˌdɪl.ɪ.d͡ʒəns/ [UK], /d͡ʒuː ˌdɪl.ɪ.d͡ʒəns/ [UK], /ˈdu ˌdɪl.ɪ.d͡ʒəns/ [US], /ˈd͡ʒʉː ˌdɪl.ɪ.d͡ʒəns/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} due diligence (uncountable)
  1. Appropriate, required, reasonable care or carefulness. Tags: uncountable Related terms: duty of care Translations (appropriate or required carefulness): 盡職盡責 (Chinese Mandarin), 尽职尽责 (jìnzhí jìnzé) (Chinese Mandarin), asianmukainen huolellisuus (Finnish), სათანადო სიფრთხილე (satanado siprtxile) (Georgian), სათანადო მზრუნველობა (satanado mzrunveloba) (Georgian), gebotene Sorgfalt [feminine] (German), elvárható/megfelelő/kellő gondosság (Hungarian), до́лжная осторо́жность (dólžnaja ostoróžnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-due_diligence-en-noun-j2kAa45f Disambiguation of 'appropriate or required carefulness': 92 8
  2. (law) 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. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations (process of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract): 盡職調查 (Chinese Mandarin), 尽职调查 (jìnzhí diàochá) (Chinese Mandarin), 盡調 (Chinese Mandarin), 尽调 (jìndiào) [short-form] (Chinese Mandarin), gepaste zorgvuldigheid [feminine] (Dutch), due diligence [feminine] (Dutch), høviligt nærlagni [neuter] (Faroese), huolellisuusmenettely (Finnish), ფინანსურ-იურიდიული შესწავლა (pinansur-iuridiuli šesc̣avla) (Georgian), კომპანიის აუდიტი (ḳomṗaniis audiṭi) (Georgian), Due Diligence [feminine] (German), Due-Diligence-Prüfung [feminine] (German), προσήκων έλεγχος (prosíkon élenchos) [masculine] (Greek), διαγνωστικός έλεγχος (diagnostikós élenchos) [masculine] (Greek), átvilágítás (Hungarian), ко́мплексная оце́нка (kómpleksnaja océnka) [feminine] (Russian), ко́мплексная прове́рка (kómpleksnaja provérka) [feminine] (Russian), förvärvsgranskning (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-due_diligence-en-noun-Cq3go0fg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'process of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract': 9 91

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