owe

/əʊ/ verb [T]

Translation

› to have to pay money back to someone

borçlu olmak, borcu olmak

[+ two objects] You still owe me money. He owes about £5000 to the bank.1408

owe sb an apology/favour/drink, etc › to have to give something to someone because they deserve it

birine özür/iyilik/içki vs. borcu olmak

I think I owe you an apology. Thanks, I owe you a drink for that.981

owe your existence/success, etc to sb/sth › to have something or achieve something because of someone or something else

varlığını/başarısını birine/bir şeye borçlu olmak

The museum owes much of its success to the present generation of young British artists.981

(Definition of owe verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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