dues
Club members pay
Dues are regular payments required for membership in an organization: union dues, club dues, membership dues.
The word is almost always plural.
To pay your dues is to earn your place through hard work or difficult experience before enjoying success: She paid her dues playing small clubs before hitting it big.
Money owed another
- paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
- owedHad a debt
- payableDue for settlement
- outstandingExceptionally good or unpaid
liability · commitment · requirement · settling · clearing · delinquent · default · collection
Paid recurring access
- enrollmentAct of registering officially
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- feePayment for service
- annualOccurring every year
quarterly · monthly · union · guild · association · club · fraternity · sorority
Suffering from difficult circumstances
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- effortApplied energy toward goals
- apprenticeshipLearning trade through employment
experience · earned · stripes · toil · proving · groundwork · initiation · rite
debt
Money owed another
outstanding · liability · commitment · requirement · settling · clearing · delinquent · default · collection · invoice
subscription
Paid recurring access
- enrollmentAct of registering officially
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- feePayment for service
annual · quarterly · monthly · union · guild · association · club · fraternity · sorority · society
hardship
Suffering from difficult circumstances
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- effortApplied energy toward goals
apprenticeship · experience · earned · stripes · toil · proving · groundwork · initiation · rite · passage
consequences
Results of actions taken
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- comeuppanceDeserved punishment or rebuke
- payWages for work
justice · retribution · earned · deserved · account · settling · fate · reward · merit · recognition
- club termsmembership, meetings, club meetings, clubhouse, chapters
- Girl ScoutsDaisy, Daisies, Junior, sash, sashes
- scoutsBoy Scouts, scout, Cub Scouts, scoutmaster, merit badge
- alumni associationslocal chapters, regional chapters, newsletters
- Bar Associationbar exam, bar, disbarment, admission standards, suspension
- club expensesmembership fees, initiation fee, registration, league fees, administrative costs
duesbenefits
Gains or helpful effects
privileges · rights · entitlements · perks · rewards
duesone-time fee
Single, non-repeating payment
single payment · initiation fee · lump sum · final payment · flat fee
- due toIndicates causation
- due dateWhen payment is required
- past dueBeyond payment deadline
- give the devil his dueAdmit an adversary's merit
- with all due respectPolite disclaimer before disagreeing
- in due timeWhen properly ready