Budgeting And Expenses

noun a payment or fee that is required or owed, especially to a club, organization, or government

• Members must pay their dues in order to maintain their membership status.
• Hey, don't forget to pay your dues for the club by the end of the month.
• I heard Sarah got kicked out of the group for not coughing up her dues on time.
• In life, we all have to pay our dues before we can achieve success.

noun A miscellaneous collection of things or items

conjunction Connects the two nouns 'odds' and 'ends' to form a compound noun phrase

• I need to organize all the odds and ends in my office before the big meeting.
• I'll just throw all the odds and ends in this drawer for now.
• I found some cool odds and ends at the thrift store.
• Life is full of odds and ends that we have to piece together to make sense of it all.