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due diligence
[ doo dil-i-juhns, dyoo ]
noun
- 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.
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Example Sentences
City auditors have begun digging into the city’s acquisition and due diligence processes too.
According to Rosner, the elimination of any equity from the deal “makes it clear that after months of additional due diligence, GM is not willing to take any risk on Nikola.”
The politicians’ counterproposal would still force companies to monitor human-rights and environmental issues across their global supply chains, and issue regular due diligence reports on a range of non-financial factors.
It is a process that will require patience and due diligence.
You should also conduct this assessment of supplementary measures with due diligence and document it.
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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What does due diligence mean?
Due diligence most generally means reasonable care and caution or the proper actions that a situation calls for, especially those that help to avoid harm or risk.
Due means “proper” or “required.” In legal contexts, diligence means “the degree of care required in a given situation.” In this way, due diligence is the level of care or caution that a specific situation calls for.
Due diligence is especially used in legal and business contexts involving buying, selling, or giving professional advice. This kind of due diligence is often required by law in order to prevent liability.
The phrase due diligence can also refer to the process of researching or disclosing pertinent information before entering into a contract or deal.
For example, in the sale of a house, due diligence on the part of the seller involves disclosing information about the house, such as major problems and the dates when repairs were made. The buyer performs their due diligence by gathering this information and making the proper inspections of the house before the purchase.
It can also be used in more general contexts, as in Don’t believe everything you read on the internet—do your due diligence and fact-check anything that sounds fishy.
The phrase is often used with the verbs perform and do.
Example: Be sure to do your due diligence before investing—you want to be sure where your money is going and what the terms are.
Where does due diligence come from?
The first records of the phrase due diligence come from the 1400s, but the first records of it being used in its modern sense come from the 1780s.
Widespread use of the term increased during the second half of the 1900s. It has become especially associated with the kind of research and disclosures performed before contracts and sales are finalized and investments are made.
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How is due diligence used in real life?
Due diligence is typically used in the context of business or legal transactions. It is especially used with the verbs do and perform.
To all my friends who just gained interest in the stock market. $GME is what I call a meme stock. Do your due diligence before investing in companies. DON’T just listen to randoms on the internet.
— Daniel (@D_PowRs) February 2, 2021
This is scary stuff. Please perform your due diligence. If it sounds too good to be true, there’s a possibility it might be. https://t.co/vevSpxdfNz
— Marshall Clark (@mclarkcrypto) March 17, 2018
THUNE on Pruitt’s future: “Ultimately it’s going to be a decision between the President and the Adminstrator, but there’s enough smoke out there right now that I think it’s going to require some due diligence on the part of the WH and folks up here who are looking at it.”
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) April 24, 2018
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Is due diligence used correctly in the following sentence?
I advise everyone to perform their due diligence by hiring a home inspector—you want to know what you’re buying.
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