owe
verb [T] (HAVE DEBTS) /əʊ/
/oʊ/ Definition
B1 to need to pay or give something to someone because they have lent money to you, or in exchange for something they have done for you: [+ two objects] I owe Janet £10. We still owe $1,000 on our car (= we still need to pay $1,000 before we own our car). I owe you a drink for helping me move. I think you owe (= should give) me an explanation/apology. → See also IOUBorrowing, lending and debt
(Definition of owe verb (HAVE DEBTS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- amortize verb
- arrears noun
- be in the hole idiom
- borrow verb (RECEIVE)
- bounce verb (NOT PAY)
- building society noun
- call it quits idiom
- credit risk noun
- gearing noun
- get behind phrasal verb
- hock noun (MONEY)
- IOU noun
- liability noun (RESPONSIBILITY)
- national debt noun
- overdraft noun
- pay sth off phrasal verb
- payable adjective
- receiver noun (PERSON)
- square the accounts/books idiom
- term noun (RULES)
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