due diligence

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdjuː ˌdɪl.ɪ.d͡ʒəns/, /d͡ʒuː ˌdɪl.ɪ.d͡ʒəns/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdu ˌdɪl.ɪ.d͡ʒəns/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒʉː ˌdɪl.ɪ.d͡ʒəns/

Noun

due diligence (uncountable)

1. 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. (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.

Translations

appropriate or required carefulness

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 盡職盡責／尽职尽责 (jìnzhí jìnzé)

• Finnish: asianmukainen huolellisuus
• Georgian: სათანადო სიფრთხილე (satanado siprtxile), სათანადო მზრუნველობა (satanado mzrunveloba)
• German: gebotene Sorgfalt f
• Hungarian: elvárható/megfelelő/kellő gondosság
• Russian: до́лжная осторо́жность f (dólžnaja ostoróžnostʹ)

process of evaluating the assets and liabilities of another potential party to a contract

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 盡職調查／尽职调查 (jìnzhí diàochá), 盡調／尽调 (jìndiào) (short form)

• Dutch: gepaste zorgvuldigheid f, due diligence (nl) f
• Faroese: høviligt nærlagni n
• Finnish: huolellisuusmenettely
• Georgian: ფინანსურ-იურიდიული შესწავლა (pinansur-iuridiuli šesc̣avla), კომპანიის აუდიტი (ḳomṗaniis audiṭi)
• German: Due Diligence f, Due-Diligence-Prüfung f
• Greek: προσήκων έλεγχος m (prosíkon élenchos), διαγνωστικός έλεγχος m (diagnostikós élenchos)
• Hungarian: átvilágítás (hu)
• Russian: ко́мплексная оце́нка f (kómpleksnaja océnka), ко́мплексная прове́рка f (kómpleksnaja provérka)
• Swedish: förvärvsgranskning

See also

• duty of care