What does owing mean?
Definitions for owing
ˈoʊ ɪŋow·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
outstanding, owing(p), undischarged(adj)
owed as a debt
"outstanding bills"; "the amount still owed"; "undischarged debts"
Wiktionary
owing(Adjective)
Still to be paid; owed as a debt.
These seven subscriptions remain owing.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Owing
ō′ing, adj. due: that has to be paid (to): happening as a consequence of: imputable to.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of owing in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of owing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of owing in a Sentence
Paris in France is the highest-ranked city to have seen a deterioration in its stability score, owing to the ongoing anti-government gilets jaunes protests that began in late 2018.
A direct flight to the destination is key owing to the fact that this is fresh produce and it needs to get to the end user quickly in order to guarantee quality. It also makes it less expensive.
This is a vicious circle where people get more indebted, this one fisherman wound up owing the cartels $54,000 for 18 nets. He tried to get out, he finally came out and said there is no way I can repay the cartel. He was murdered.
We cant tell exactly where the foreign scrolls originated, but we can tell, owing to the DNA analyses, that it was somewhere outside the Judean desert.
Henry James, "The Ambassadors", Book Seventh, Chapter 2:
I feel how little she can like being told of her owing me anything. No woman ever enjoys such an obligation to another woman.
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- مديونArabic
- חיבHebrew
- devidoPortuguese
- SOM SKALL BETALASSwedish
- 亏欠的Chinese
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