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owe
verb
Be in debt
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Pronunciation
əʊ
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verb
Be in debt
“She owes me $200”
verb
Be obliged to pay or repay
verb
Be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense
“This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory”
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Example Sentences
She owes me $200
I still owe for the car
The thesis owes much to his adviser
This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory
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