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Owe
/əʊ/
To be under an obligation to pay or repay money or a favor.
Synonyms:
beholden
Antonyms:
lend
Examples:
Why, he
owes
you money!'
He already
owed
the city treasury five hundred thousand dollars.
'Well, it is
owing
to him,' returned Nicholas.
Etymology:
Derived from the Old English word
āgan
, which traced back to Proto-Germanic
*aiganą
, signifying possession or responsibility.
Usage Statistics:
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