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owe
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owe  ()
v. owed, ow·ing, owes
v.tr.
1. To be indebted to the amount of: He owes me five dollars.
2. To have a moral obligation to render or offer: I owe them an apology.
3. To be in debt to: We owe the plumber for services rendered.
4. To be indebted or obliged for: owed their riches to oil; owes her good health to diet and exercise.
5. To bear (a certain feeling) toward a person or persons: You seem to owe your neighbors a grudge.
6. Archaic To have as a possession; own.
v.intr.
To be in debt: She still owes for the car.

[Middle English owen, from Old English gan, to possess; see aik- in Indo-European roots.]

owe
Verb
[owing, owed]
1. to be under an obligation to pay an amount of money to (someone): he owes me a lot of money
2. to feel an obligation to do or give: I think I owe you an apology
3. owe something to to have something as a result of: many serving officers owe their present position to the former president [Old English āgan to have]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.owe - be obliged to pay or repay
chalk up, run up - accumulate as a debt; "he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening"
2.owe - be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense; "This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory"
build on, build upon, repose on, rest on - be based on; of theories and claims, for example; "What's this new evidence based on?"
3.owe - be in debt; "She owes me $200"; "I still owe for the car"; "The thesis owes much to his adviser"
mortgage - put up as security or collateral
be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"

owe
verb be in debt (to), be in arrears (to), be overdrawn (by), be beholden to, be under an obligation to, be obligated or indebted (to)
Translations

owe [əu] vtdeber;
to owe sb sth, owe sth to sb → deber algo a algn
owe [əu] vtdevoir;
to owe sb sth, to owe sth to sb → devoir qch à qn;
how much do I owe you? → combien est-ce que je vous dois?
owe [əu] vt to owe sb sth, to owe sth to sb (lit, fig) → jdm etw schulden [+ life, talent, good looks etc]; jdm etw verdanken
owe [əu] vtdovere;
to owe sb sth, to owe sth to sb → dovere qc a qn

owe
v owe [əu]
to be in debt to I owe (him) $10.skuld, verskuldig weesيَكونُ مَديناдължаdlužitskyldeschuldenοφείλω, χρωστώdebervõlgnemaبدهکار بودنolla velkaadevoirלִהיוֹת חַייָבऋणी होनाdugovatitartozik vkinek vmivelmeminjam, berhutangskuldadovere借りている빚이 있다; 은혜를 입고 있다būti skolingambūt parādāberhutangschuldig zijnskyldebyć winnymdevera datoraбыть должным, задолжатьdlhovať, byť dlžnýdolgovatidugovativara skyldigเป็นหนี้borcu olmak欠債бути винним, заборгуватиمقروض ہوناnợ
adj ˈowing
still to be paid There is some money still owing (to us).verskuldig, uitstaande, onbetaaldمُسْتَحِق الدَّفْعдължимdlužnýskyldigzu zahlenοφειλόμενοςdebidovõlgu (olev)پرداخت نشدهsaatavaמַגִיעदेयkoji treba platitikintlevőségbelum dibayarógreiddurdovuto, da pagare借りになっている미불의neišmokėtasnesamaksātsterhutangverschuldigdtil gode, skyldignależnydevidodatoratпричитающийсяdlžnýdolžandužansom skall betalasเป็นหนี้ödenecek未付的належний, заборгованийقرضnợ
owing to
because of Owing to the rain, the football has been cancelled.weens, vanweëبِسَببблагодарение наvzhledem kpå grund afinfolgeεξαιτίας, λόγωdebido a, a causa detõttuبه دلیلtakiaen raison deבִּגלַל-हेतु सेzbog, zahvaljujućivmi miattkarenavegnaa causa di~のためにdėlsakarā ar; dēļdisebabkanwegens grunn avwskutekdevido adin cauzaиз-за, по причинеvzhľadom na, kvôli, prezaradizahvaljujućipå grund av, med anledning avเนื่องจากyüzünden, ...-den/dan dolayı由於внаслідок, черезکي وجہ سے، بہ سببbởi vì

owing to is used to mean `because of': The shop is closed owing to (not due to ) the manager's illness .

due to is used to mean `caused by': The accident was believed to be due to his negligence .


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