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v., owed, ow·ing, owes.

v.tr.
  1. To be indebted to the amount of: He owes me five dollars.
  2. To have a moral obligation to render or offer: I owe them an apology.
  3. To be in debt to: We owe the plumber for services rendered.
  4. To be indebted or obliged for: owed their riches to oil; owes her good health to diet and exercise.
  5. To bear (a certain feeling) toward a person or persons: You seem to owe your neighbors a grudge.
  6. Archaic. To have as a possession; own.
v.intr.

To be in debt: She still owes for the car.

[Middle English owen, from Old English āgan, to possess.]


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v

Definition: have an obligation
Antonyms: pay, resolve, settle


 
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v.

To have (and to hold) a debt. The word formerly signified not indebtedness, but possession; it meant "own," and in the minds of debtors there is still a good deal of confusion between assets and liabilities.


 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: v. - Be in debt; Be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense.

pronunciation You owe it to us all to get on with what you're good at. — W.H. Auden

 
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - skylde, være skyldig
v. intr. - være i gæld

idioms:

  • owe a person a grudge    bære nag til nogen
  • owe it to oneself    skylde sig selv det
  • owe it to someone    skyldes en person
  • owing to    på grund af

Nederlands (Dutch)
schuldig zijn, verschuldigd zijn, danken (aan), te danken hebben (aan)

Français (French)
v. tr. - devoir, tenir qch de qn (le talent, la beauté), devoir qch à qn
v. intr. - avoir des dettes, devoir (de l'argent) à qn

idioms:

  • owe a person a grudge    tenir rancune à qn
  • owe it to oneself    le devoir à soi-même
  • owe it to someone    le devoir à qn
  • owe someone a living    (que le monde) doit quoi que ce soit à qn
  • owe someone one    revaloir qch à qn, (je te) le revaudrai, devoir bien cela à qn
  • owing to    en raison de, par suite de

Deutsch (German)
v. - schulden

idioms:

  • owe a person a grudge    auf jmdn. schlecht zu sprechen sein
  • owe it to oneself    es sich selbst schuldig sein
  • owe it to someone    es jmdm. selbst schuldig sein
  • owe someone a living    ich verdanke ihm mein Leben
  • owe someone one    jdm etwas schulden
  • owing to    wegen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - οφείλω, χρωστώ, έχω ηθική υποχρέωση (προς)

idioms:

  • owe a person a grudge    κρατώ κακία σε κάποιον
  • owe it to oneself    το χρωστώ στον εαυτό μου
  • owe it to someone    το οφείλω σε κάποιον
  • owing to    ένεκα, εξαιτίας, λόγω

Italiano (Italian)
dovere

idioms:

  • owe a person a grudge    legarsela al dito
  • owe it to someone/oneself    essere in debito
  • owing to    dovuto a

Português (Portuguese)
v. - dever, estar endividado

idioms:

  • owe a person a grudge    guardar rancor
  • owe it to someone/oneself    dever a alguém ou a si próprio
  • owing to    devido a

Русский (Russian)
быть должным

idioms:

  • owe a person a grudge    иметь зуб на кого-либо
  • owe it to someone/oneself    быть обязанным кому-либо/самому себе
  • owing to    поскольку

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - deber, adeudar, ser deudor de, estar obligado a
v. intr. - deber, tener deudas

idioms:

  • owe a person a grudge    guardar rencor a alguien
  • owe it to oneself    deber a sí mismo
  • owe it to someone    deber a alguien
  • owe someone a living    deberle la vida a alguien
  • owe someone one    deberle un favor a alguien
  • owing to    debido a, por causa de

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - vara skyldig, ha (ngn) att tacka för

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
欠, 感激, 受到...的思想, 欠钱

idioms:

  • owe a person a grudge    对某人心存不满
  • owe it to oneself    认为自己有必要..., 认为自己应该做..., 认为自己应该犒赏自己
  • owe it to someone    归功于某人
  • owing to    由于, 因...之缘故

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 欠, 感激, 受到...的思想
v. intr. - 欠錢

idioms:

  • owe a person a grudge    對某人心存不滿
  • owe it to oneself    認為自己有必要..., 認為自己應該做..., 認為自己應該犒賞自己
  • owe it to someone    歸功於某人
  • owing to    由於, 因...之緣故

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 빚지고 있다, ~에 돌리다, (감정)을 품고있다
v. intr. - 빚이 있다

idioms:

  • owing to    때문에

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 支払いの義務がある, 帰する, 恩義がある, 借りがある

idioms:

  • owe a person a grudge    恨みがある
  • owe it to someone/oneself    対して義務がある
  • owe someone a debt    借金がある
  • owing to    …のために

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يدين له‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮היה חייב, היה אסיר-תודה ל-‬
v. intr. - ‮היה חייב (חוב) ל-‬


 
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