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Owe

/əʊ/
To be under an obligation to pay or repay money or a favor.

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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:

etymology
Derived from the Old English word āgan, which traced back to Proto-Germanic *aiganą, signifying possession or responsibility.

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