Owe

Word OWE
Character 3
Hyphenation owe
Pronunciations /əʊ/

Definitions and meanings of "Owe"

What do we mean by owe?

To be indebted to the amount of. intransitive verb

To have a moral or legal obligation to render or offer. intransitive verb

To be in debt to. intransitive verb

To be indebted or obliged for. intransitive verb

To bear (a certain feeling) toward a person or persons. intransitive verb

To have as a possession; own. intransitive verb

To be in debt. intransitive verb

To possess; have; own; be the owner or rightful possessor of.

To be bound (to do something); be under obligation; ought: followed by an object infinitive.

To be indebted for; be or feel bound or under obligation for; of a debt, to be under obligation to pay: followed by to, it often indicates origin or cause: as, to owe a thousand dollars; to owe some one a grudge; to owe success to family influence.

To be in debt; continue to be in debt.

To own; acknowledge; confess.

To possess; to have, as the rightful owner; to own. transitive verb

To have or possess, as something derived or bestowed; to be obliged to ascribe (something to some source); to be indebted or obliged for. transitive verb

To have or be under an obigation to restore, pay, or render (something) in return or compensation for something received; to be indebted in the sum of transitive verb

To have an obligation to (some one) on account of something done or received; to be indebted to. transitive verb

To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone. verb

To have debt, to be in debt. verb

Be obliged to pay or repay verb

Be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense verb

To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.

To have debt; to be in debt.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Owe

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The word "owe" in example sentences

In doing so, it treats the care I owe you as identical to the care I would ˜owe™ myself. ❋ Coleman, Jules (2003)

III. i.242 (371,7) One time will owe another] I know not whether to _owe_ in this place means to _possess by right_, or to _be indebted_. ❋ Samuel Johnson (1746)

WHether you hav e1 bracket or 10 brackets, finding the percent you owe is easy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There have been a number of assertions that only lying about the tax you owe is a crime, failure to pay is not. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The IPO is intended to help AIG in its efforts to repay U.S. taxpayers the more than $90 billion they owe from a government bailout. ❋ Erik Holm (2010)

Paying somebody to figure out how much I owe is like pouring salt on a wound. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Jews, in short, owe their liberalism to the West, not the other way round. ❋ Unknown (2009)

To take responsibility for paying what you owe is to me, the right thing to do. ❋ Unknown (2005)

If the war in Iraq turns out to be a failure, then I would think the first apology we owe is to our own people, for the treasure and lives we spent, and then to the people in Iraq for playing God to no effect. ❋ Unknown (2004)

(Hear, hear) I have often wondered how much the markets of Great Britain owe to the confidence which other nations have had in the honour of Britishers in commercial matters. ❋ Unknown (1922)

He could not be spared from this work for combatant service, so he saw little of the war at the front; but more flying officers than ever heard his name owe him a debt of gratitude for his faithful work in providing for their safety. ❋ Walter Alexander Raleigh (1891)

Isn’t EXXON still balking at paying the $$ they owe from the Valdez spill? ❋ Unknown (2006)

They get tax breaks on investsment and so forth ..... but people who don't make as much, who don't have a home or a boat or a business to write off end up paying the majority of the tax burden that they owe, which isn't the case with many of the rich. ❋ Unknown (2010)

So that camp of people who have a really big chunk of money that they owe, that is the Lanes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Here, in particular, I owe a word of deep respect to those men and women who joined the resistance against ❋ Unknown (1971)

Cavallo, who was invited to Hall as engraver to the mint, these coins owe their important position in the history of art and their demonstrable influence upon many of the medals of Germany. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

A large number of the words and phrases in modern electrical parlance owe their origin to him. ❋ Unknown (1910)

And you never know what you don't owe, which is worse, for sometimes you're in such despair, it would be quite a relief to catch some complaint and die. ❋ Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing (1863)

For example, if you can't sleep at night because you are thinking about how much money you owe, that is a sign that you need to stop spending and start paying off your debts. ❋ Variny Paladino (2011)

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