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1. (v.t.) owe
to be under obligation to pay or repay, or to render:
I owe him a dollar. She owes me an apology.
2. owe
to be in debt to.
3. owe
to be indebted or beholden for:
to owe one's fame to good fortune.
4. owe
to have or bear (a feeling or attitude) toward someone or something.
5. owe
Obs. to possess; own.
6. (v.i.) owe
to be in debt.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME owen to possess, be under obligation, have to pay, OE āgan to possess, c. OFris
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1. (verb) owe
be obliged to pay or repay
2. (verb) owe
be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense
"This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory"
3. (verb) owe
be in debt
"She owes me $200"; "I still owe for the car"; "The thesis owes much to his adviser"
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1. (verb) owe
to be required to pay back money you have borrowed
I owe you $20 for the ticket.; They haven't paid back the money they owe.
2. owe
to feel grateful to sb, because they have helped you
I owe my parents so much for all the help they gave me.
3. owe
to have a duty to do sth for sb
You owe her an apology.; We owe it to the rest of the staff to try to make the business work.
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Sense: to be in debt to
I owe (him) $10.
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 Afrikaans: skuld, verskuldig wees |
 Arabic: يَكونُ مَدينا |
 Bulgarian: дължа |
 Brazilian: dever |
 Czech: dlužit |
 German: schulden |
 Danish: skylde |
 Greek: οφείλω, χρωστώ |
 Spanish: deber |
 Estonian: võlgnema |
 Farsi: بدهکار بودن |
 Finnish: olla velkaa |
 French: devoir |
 Hebrew: לִהיוֹת חַייָב |
 Hindi: ऋणी होना |
 Croatian: dugovati |
 Hungarian: tartozik vkinek vmivel |
 Indonesian: meminjam, berhutang |
 Icelandic: skulda |
 Italian: dovere |
 Japanese: 借りている |
 Korean: 금전상의 빚이 있다 |
 Lithuanian: būti skolingam |
 Latvian: būt parādā |
 Malay: berhutang |
 Dutch: schuldig zijn |
 Norwegian: skylde |
 Polish: być winnym |
 Persian: بدهکار بودن |
 Pashto: بد كار |
 Portuguese: dever |
 Romanian: a datora |
 Russian: быть должным, задолжать |
 Slovak: dlhovať, byť dlžný |
 Slovenian: dolgovati |
 Serbian: dugovati |
 Swedish: vara skyldig |
 Thai: เป็นหนี้ |
 Turkish: borcu olmak |
 Taiwanese: 欠債 |
 Ukrainian: бути винним, заборгувати |
 Urdu: مقروض ہونا |
 Vietnamese: nợ |
 Chinese: 欠债 |
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