due diligence

[ doo dil-i-juhns, dyoo ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Law, Business.

reasonable care and caution exercised by a person who is buying, selling, giving professional advice, etc., especially as required by law to protect against incurring liability:
The court said there was due diligence on the part of the plaintiff.
the process of gathering or disclosing relevant and reliable information about a prospective sale, purchase, contract, etc.:
You should perform due diligence on a company before investing.

First recorded in 1450–1500, for the earlier sense “requisite effort”; 1785–90, for the current sense

It has allowed the project to bypass normal due diligence and environmental impact assessments.

Well, the Attorney General had to do their due diligence to find out where the mistakes were made, and what happened.

What he may lack in leadership or due diligence skills, he makes up for in his abilities to whip the media into subservience.

Tom wanted to meet with me, so I wanted to do my due diligence before I met him and went online and looked at his credits.

As Orac notes, it is a very least a failure of due diligence.

It is understood due diligence will be exercised in the restoration of the destroyed mines in the Nord and Pas de Calais.

Preparations to evacuate the city are still being made with due diligence.

I sat at my piano with all due diligence, but I am sorry to say that my progress did not seem satisfactory.

He stipulates for fair and reasonable knowledge and due diligence, but not for extraordinary qualifications.

They decided that Great Britain had not used "due diligence" to prevent the abuse of her ports by the Confederates.

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