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ALL meanings of owing

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  • adjective owing owed, unpaid, or due for payment: to pay what is owing. 1
  • idioms owing owing to, because of; as a result of: Owing to a mistake in the payroll department, some of us were issued incorrect checks. 1
  • verb with object owing to be under obligation to pay or repay: to owe money to the bank; to owe the bank interest on a mortgage. 1
  • verb with object owing to be in debt to: He says he doesn't owe anybody. 1
  • verb with object owing to be indebted (to) as the cause or source of: to owe one's fame to good fortune. 1
  • verb with object owing to have or bear (a feeling or attitude) toward someone or something: to owe gratitude to one's rescuers. 1
  • verb with object owing Obsolete. to possess; own. 1
  • verb without object owing to be in debt: Neither lend nor owe. Who owes for the antipasto? 1
  • adjective owing owed; due 0
  • adjective owing that owes 0
  • adjective owing due; unpaid 0
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