oweowe /əʊ $ oʊ/ ●●● S2 W3 verb [transitive] 
I owe my brother $50.owe somebody for something I still owe you for the taxi. How much do I owe you (=often used to show that you want to pay for something)?owe something to somebody the money owed to credit card companies2something done/given to feel that you should do something for someone or give someone something, because they have done something for you or given something to you: He asked for help from a colleague who owed him a favour.owe somebody a drink/letter etc I owe Shaun a letter; I must write soon. Thanks a lot for being so understanding about all this – I owe you one (=used to thank someone who has helped you, and to say that you are willing to help them in the future)!owe somebody (=be in a position in which someone has helped you, so that you should help them) Let’s go and see Joe – he owes me!3owe somebody an explanation/apology to feel that you should give someone an explanation of why you did something, or say you are sorry: You owe him an apology.4help to achieve something a)to have something or achieve something because of what someone else has doneowe something to somebody He probably owes his life to her prompt action. b)to know that someone’s help has been important to you in achieving somethingowe somebody a lot/owe somebody a great deal ‘I owe my parents a lot,’ he admitted. He owes a great deal to his publishers.owe it all to somebody/owe everything to somebody I owe it all to you.owe somebody a debt (of gratitude) the debt that we owe to our teachers5good effect to be successful because of the good effect or influence of something or someoneowe to Their success owes more to good luck than to careful management. Pearson’s work owed much to the research of his friend, Hugh Kingsmill.6owe it to somebody to do something to feel you should do something for someone, because they have helped you or given you support: You owe it to your supporters not to give up now.7owe it to yourself to do something to feel you should try to achieve something because it is what you deserve: You owe it to yourself to take some time off.8owe loyalty/allegiance etc to somebody to have a duty to obey someone: provinces owing allegiance to the Emperor9think that the world owes you a living to be unwilling to work in order to get things, and expect them to be provided for you – used to show disapprovalTHESAURUSowe to need to pay someone for something they have sold to you or because they have lent you money – used especially when talking about particular amounts of money: · You owe me $50.· The football club still owes £2.3 million.be in debt to owe money, especially to several different companies – used when talking about a person’s financial situation: · She hates being in debt.· We started getting deeper and deeper into debt.be overdrawn to owe an amount of money to your bank because you have taken more money out of an account than you have put in: · He received a letter saying he was overdrawn.· The bank charged me even though I was only a few pence overdrawn.have an overdraft to be overdrawn, with the agreement of your bank: · When I finished college I had a big overdraft.be in the red informal to have spent more money than you have: · The firm is £190,000,000 in the red.
WORD ORIGINowe
Origin:
Old English aganVERB TABLE
owe
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | owe |
| he, she, it | owes | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | owed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have owed |
| he, she, it | has owed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had owed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will owe |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have owed |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- "I owe my parents a lot," he admitted. "They worked real hard to put me through college."
- His job was to phone people who owed money and demand immediate payment.
- How much do we owe you for the milk?
- How much do you owe?
- I owe a great deal to my publishers, who helped me to finish writing the book.
- I owe it all to you. You were the only one who believed in me.
- I owe my parents a lot for everything they've done for me.
- The business collapsed, owing $50 million.
- We owe a lot of money to the bank.
- We all owe a debt of gratitude to Mrs Stevenson, who kindly donated the money for the project.
- You're going to owe me if I let you use my car.
- You still owe me $5.
- But they owe, if anything, even more to Essene tradition.
- But to that doctor I owe a portion of my sanity.
- Forget what he owes his readers.
- I owe it to Carrie and Mikey.
- Ivan Capelli drove for the March team for five seasons, but says he's still owed the money in unpaid wages.
- Perhaps, to some extent, she thought with wry amusement, she owed her professional success to Jake.
- South Florida owes him the respect one gives to a stern high school teacher.
- The phenomenal success of his efforts owed much to his supreme mathematical skills and to his equally superb physical insights.
THESAURUS
to need to pay someone for something they have sold to you or because they have lent you money – used especially when talking about particular amounts of money: · You owe me $50.· The football club still owes £2.3 million.
to owe money, especially to several different companies – used when talking about a person’s financial situation: · She hates being in debt.· We started getting deeper and deeper into debt.
to owe an amount of money to your bank because you have taken more money out of an account than you have put in: · He received a letter saying he was overdrawn.· The bank charged me even though I was only a few pence overdrawn.
to be overdrawn, with the agreement of your bank: · When I finished college I had a big overdraft.
informal to have spent more money than you have: · The firm is £190,000,000 in the red.
Longman Language Activatorto owe money to someone if you owe someone money, you have to pay them, either because you borrowed money from them or because you got something from them and have not yet paid for it: · The business collapsed, owing $50 million.· His job was to phone people who owed money and demand immediate payment.owe somebody something: · You still owe me $5.owe something to somebody: · We owe a lot of money to the bank.owe somebody something for something: · How much do we owe you for the milk?
if you are in debt , you owe a lot of money and you have difficulty paying it: · The helpline offers financial advice to people who are in debt.get into debt (=start being in debt): · We got into debt when my wife lost her job.be £1000/$2000 etc in debt (=owe that amount): · The report showed that most students were over £1000 in debt on leaving college.be heavily in debt (=owe a very large amount of money): · Karen was forced to give up her job to look after her daughter, and the family is now heavily in debt.
to owe money to your bank because you have spent more than you had in your bank account: · I'm always overdrawn at the end of the month.be $100/£200 etc overdrawn: · The bank wrote to tell us we were $500 overdrawn.
to have spent more than you have earned: · My son's bank account is usually in the red.· After five quarters in the red, the business will soon be profitable.be deep in the red (=owe a lot more than you have): · Overseas payments could keep the country deep in the red for the next decade.
to have not paid money, such as rent, that you should pay at a particular time every month, year etc - used especially in official or legal documents: · Two out of three tenants are in arrears.be 6 months/3 weeks etc in arrears: · The number of mortgages over 12 months in arrears is rising.be £1000/$200 etc in arrears: · The country is reported to be $6 billion in arrears on its $115 billion debt.be in arrears with/on: · The courts can obtain payments for those in arrears with consumer credit agreements.
to have not paid an amount that you should pay regularly at the right time: · I have no money in my bank account, and I'm behind with my rent.fall behind with something: · Unemployment is the major cause of people falling behind with their mortgage repayments.
to owe a lot of money to owe a lot more money than you can pay: · When my father died we discovered that he was heavily in debt.· A disastrous attempt to expand left the airline deep in debt.be deep/heavily in debt to: · The country is already heavily in debt to foreign banks.
informal to owe very large sums of money that you cannot pay: · Knowing that I was up to my ears in debt, Edwin offered to help me out.· When their business failed, they found themselves up to their necks in debt.
to begin to owe money · The only way we could avoid getting into debt was to borrow money from our parents.get heavily into debt (=begin to owe a lot of money) · They got so heavily into debt that they couldn't even pay the interest on their loans.
to allow your debts to increase quickly, especially by continuing to spend money that you do not really have: · The government has run up an unrepayable debt of $6 billion.run up debts: · I'm not in the habit of running up debts.· His son was wild and irresponsible and had run up debts that he expected his father to pay.
to not pay back a debt that you should pay according to the law: · If the purchaser defaults, the house becomes the property of the savings and loan company.default on: · In those days, anyone who defaulted on a loan was put in prison.
money that someone owes money that you owe, especially a large amount: · Debt is one of the main social problems of our time.debt of: · The government now has debts of $2.5 billion.pay off/repay a debt (=pay all the money that you owe): · It took us three years to pay off all our debts.write off a debt (=agree that it will not and does not need to be repaid): · He protected less profitable state farms by writing off their debts.foreign debt (=money owed by foreign countries): · To pay the interest on our foreign debt, we will have to import less.a bad debt (=a debt that will never be repaid): · Lenders must try and protect themselves against bad debts.
an amount of money that you owe to your bank when you have spent more money that you had in your bank account: · I've already got an enormous overdraft.a £100/$1500 etc overdraft: · When he left college, he had a $3000 overdraft.
the debts that a company, government etc is legally responsible to pay - used especially in legal and business contexts: · The chart shows the movements in the company's liabilities and assets during a particular trading period.· US external net liabilities rose throughout the 1980s.
the total amount of money that a company has borrowed and owes - used in business contexts: · Borrowings at the end of the year amounted to nearly $27 million.· The company was now so large it could increase its borrowings to almost any figure it chose.
a note that you write saying that you owe someone money or that you will pay for something later - often used by journalists as an informal word for a legal agreement in which one business or organization owes another money: · Essentially, a bond is an IOU.give somebody an IOU: · There was anger among farmers, who were being given IOUs instead of cash for their crops.
when debts have not been paid · She left a number of unpaid bills when she went back home.· The card holder is liable for any unpaid debts.go/remain unpaid · Last month they owed £500. This went unpaid and the arrears will total £1000 by December.
an amount of money that is due should be paid now: · The computer printout shows the name and address of the buyer, the quantity ordered and the amount due.· Million dollar interest payments will be due in two years.
an amount of money that is outstanding is still owed to someone: · The government plans to reduce its outstanding debt, freeing capital for investment.· The amount outstanding on your house mortgage and any other loans will be counted as liabilities.
an amount of money that is owing is still left to be paid: · The total amount owing at the end of ten years will be over $20,000.· Most of the money has been repaid but there is still £5 owing.
someone who owes money · Some of the debtors cannot afford to pay these high interest rates.· Usually, both creditors and debtors are excluded from the sale.a debtor company/country · Debtor countries cannot develop to their full potential while continuing to pay off such massive foreign debts.
someone that money is owed to · When George inherited some money, the first thing he did was to pay his creditors.· The UN warned creditors to ease Brazil's debt burden or see the country go bankrupt.
to not owe any money if your bank account is in credit, there is money in it and you do not owe the bank anything: · I can see from my monthly bank statements whether I'm in credit or not.remain/stay in credit: · We offer free banking for customers whose accounts remain in credit.
if someone is in the black , they have earned more than they owe or have spent: · The newly reorganized company is now in the black.· Our oil and gas operations are comfortably in the black.get something into the black: · We have to get our account into the black otherwise the bank will never give us a mortgage.
informal to stay out of debt, although it is difficult to do this because you have very little money: · Although I've been out of a job for three months, I've managed to keep my head above water.· If I get this raise, we'll just about keep our heads above water until next year.
earning enough money to not have to borrow or get into debt: · We've been financially solvent for the last 5 years.· Companies need to know that those with whom they are trading are solvent and can pay for goods and services supplied to them
if a company or organization stays or remains afloat , it manages to keep operating because its debts are not so bad that it has to close; if you keep a company or organization afloat , you stop it from getting into so much debt that it has to close: · It was the summer of 1991, and I was struggling hard to keep my business afloat.· David Henry lent the company $1bn out of his own personal fortune in order to help it stay afloat.· The organization remains afloat by renting out its skilled technicians to other companies.
to agree that money that someone owes does not have to be paid to officially say that a company or country no longer has to pay a debt, especially because they will probably never be able to pay it: write off something: · European governments were persuaded to write off the republic's largest debts.· A number of the company's debts were written off even before they went bankrupt.write something off: · We'll never see that money again so we might as well write it off.
what you say to tell someone that you are sorry spoken say this to tell someone you are sorry that you upset them or caused problems for them; you can also say this as a polite way of excusing yourself for a small mistake: · I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be rude.· Sorry, did I step on your foot?I'm very/really/terribly sorry: · I'm really sorry, Joanna. I've broken one of your glasses.sorry/I'm sorry (that): · I'm sorry that I shouted at you.· Sorry we're late, Shelley.sorry/I'm sorry about: · Sorry about all the noise.sorry/I'm sorry to do something: · I'm sorry to bother you, but I need to discuss my essay.sorry/I'm sorry for (doing something): · I'm sorry for barging in without ringing the bell.
especially American, spoken say this to tell someone you are sorry because you accidentally touched them or made a small or embarrassing mistake: · Oh, excuse me, is that your bag I just stood on?· Excuse me - I didn't realize there was anyone in here.
formal spoken say this when you make a small mistake and you want to say sorry politely: · "That's my pen." "Oh, I beg your pardon - I thought it was mine.''
also I apologise British say this to apologize in a fairly formal way, for example when you have upset someone or done something wrong or unfair: · You were right and I was wrong. I apologize.· I apologize in advance if anyone's offended by this.I apologize for: · I apologise for writing to you like this, out of the blue.
say this when you have done something that you later find out to be wrong or unfair: · It seems I owe you an apology -- I was supposed to phone you on Saturday night.I owe you an apology for (doing something): · I think I owe you an apology for my behaviour the other night.
say this when you have done something wrong or have upset someone, or when you are going to say or ask something that might seem rude or offensive: · Forgive me, I didn't mean to offend you.forgive me for doing something: · Forgive me for asking, but how old are you?· Forgive me for saying this, but you really don't look well at all.
used in formal letters: · Please accept my apologies. I will be taking steps to ensure this does not happen again.please accept my apologies for: · Please accept my apologies for any inconvenience this error has caused.
when you feel that you want to thank someone feeling that you want to thank someone, especially because they have done something for you and helped you a lot: · Dr Shah has received hundreds of letters from grateful patients.grateful for: · I'm really grateful for everything you've done for me.grateful to: · My daughter was rescued safely, and I am very grateful to the firemen.
grateful that someone has done something, because if they had not done it the situation would have been much worse: · Take what they give you, and be thankful.thankful for: · I am always thankful for their enthusiasm and commitment.thankful that: · She was thankful that Louise had insisted she travel first class.
to be grateful to someone for something that they have done for you, because you realize that they did not have to do it or that they made a big effort to do it for you: · We really appreciate everything you've done for our daughter.· Alan asked me to tell you how much he appreciated your hospitality when he was in London.
showing that you are pleased and grateful for someone's help or kindness: · He wrote a warm, appreciative letter, thanking her for everything she had done.· They weren't particularly appreciative the last time I helped them. I don't think I'll bother again.appreciative of: · Our new boss is a real joy to work for. She's so appreciative of anything you do for her.
formal to feel very grateful to someone for something they have given you or done for you: · We are indebted to the National Archives for permission to print these photographs.be greatly/deeply indebted to somebody: · She said that she was greatly indebted to everyone who had supported her campaign.
if you say you owe someone something, you are grateful because they have helped you to succeed at something or to improve your life, and without their help this might not have been possible: owe a lot/a great deal to somebody: · I owe a great deal to my publishers, who helped me to finish writing the book.owe it all/everything to somebody: · I owe it all to you. You were the only one who believed in me.owe somebody a lot/a great deal: · "I owe my parents a lot," he admitted. "They worked real hard to put me through college."owe a debt of gratitude to somebody: · We all owe a debt of gratitude to Mrs Stevenson, who kindly donated the money for the project.
when you feel grateful, especially because someone has been kind to you: express/show gratitude (for something): · He wrote again, expressing gratitude for the help he had received.a sense of gratitude: · She felt a deep sense of gratitude to the teacher who had encouraged her to go on to university.in gratitude (=because you are grateful): · "I'll take the van back, shall I?" he asked, and Elise nodded in gratitude.
a feeling that you want to thank someone for their help or service and to show them that you think it was important and valuable: show your appreciation: · To show his appreciation of her kindness he sent her some flowers.in appreciation of something (=in order to show appreciation of): · In appreciation of Mr Mainwaring's years of service, the company presented him with a gold watch.token of somebody's appreciation (=a sign of someone's appreciation): · We'd like you to accept this gift as a small token of our appreciation.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY I owe my brother $50. He asked for help from a colleague who owed him a favour. I owe Shaun a letter; I must write soon. Thanks a lot for being so understanding about all this – I owe you one (=used to thank someone who has helped you, and to say that you are willing to help them in the future)! ‘I owe my parents a lot,’ he admitted. I owe it all to you. the debt that we owe to our teachers Their success owes more to good luck than to careful management. Pearson’s work owed much to the research of his friend, Hugh Kingsmill.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES You owe allegiance (=have a duty to give allegiance) to your king.
I owe my brother $50. He asked for help from a colleague who owed him a favour. I owe Shaun a letter; I must write soon. Thanks a lot for being so understanding about all this – I owe you one (=used to thank someone who has helped you, and to say that you are willing to help them in the future)! ‘I owe my parents a lot,’ he admitted. I owe it all to you. the debt that we owe to our teachers Their success owes more to good luck than to careful management. Pearson’s work owed much to the research of his friend, Hugh Kingsmill. You owe allegiance (=have a duty to give allegiance) to your king.· I’m afraid I owe you an apology.
· A tenant owes a duty to the landlord to keep the house in reasonable condition.
(=be able to exist because of something)· The birds owe their existence to the fact that there are no natural predators on the island.
· I think you owe me some kind of explanation.
(=feel that you should do something for someone because they have done something for you)· I owe you a favour for all the help you’ve given me.
· I owe my former teacher a deep debt of gratitude.
(=be still alive because of someone’s actions)· The victim said he owed his life to the stranger who helped him.
· He owes me money.
· The knights owed obedience to their king.
formal (=have an obligation to support, help etc someone)· He owed an obligation of loyalty to his king.
(=used to explain how something began to exist)· a government which owes its origins to revolution
· The frogs owe their survival to a conservation program.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· I didn't understand what she meant about sometimes you owe more to strangers, but I do now.· Their election seems in the end to owe more to the system than to the voters.· If I remember right we owed more to the Constitution than it did to us.· Anyone who succeeded in business in the past decade owed more than a little to the climate she created.· The best remedy for a creditor owed more than £50 was to make his debtor bankrupt.· This wealth is independent of production relations and owes more to household structure and position in the life-cycle.· That I hadn't forgotten he was my own flesh and blood, but that sometimes you owe more to strangers.
· The quality of even our grandest scenery owes much to its intimacy of scale.· The antagonism directed towards photography from the 1860s owes much to the displacement of human handicrafts by machine methods.· Kelly's and Salisbury's style owes much to the latter.· The phenomenal success of his efforts owed much to his supreme mathematical skills and to his equally superb physical insights.· Military organization, too, owed much to the whim of the Tsar.· In turn, the types of constructions in which a verb may appear owe much to its meaning.· The functionalist design owed much to Emberton's assistant George Fairweather.· Each owes much to the other, but one will be the more popular.
· Ivan Capelli drove for the March team for five seasons, but says he's still owed the money in unpaid wages.· A former landlord said she was still owed several thousand dollars in back rent.· Around forty workers are still owed five months pay.· He still owes nearly $ 2, 000 on his 1991 campaign.· They still owed the grocer and Dad said he had had to pay another month's rent.· He still owed Bert a fish over the bike deal.· Reg Brealey, the club chairman, told shareholders at yesterday's annual meeting that the club still owes £2.3million.
NOUN· The authors come from a wide variety of backgrounds and owe allegiance to a wide diversity of schools of thought.· A number of communes were independent of any seigneur, and owed allegiance to the Crown alone.· Should they owe allegiance and obedience to him?· We can maintain with relative certainty that at least some of the mummies owed obedience if not allegiance to the Xiongnu shanyu.· We owe no more allegiance, Peter.· The Empire, a loose alliance of city-states and provinces owing allegiance to its Emperor, and the kingdom of Bretonnia.· Knights owe their allegiance directly to their lord: the Elector Count of their province.· But it is not only Marxists who argue that bureaucracies may owe their primary allegiance to a particular class.
· You may be able to get free life assurance cover for the amount you owe.· Any funds realized in excess of the amount owed must be returned to the borrower.· For example, if you're under 60 you get free life assurance on the total amount you owe up to £15,000.· Any excess money collected above the amount owed the bank must be returned to the borrower.· Answer guide: A creditor represents an amount owing by an enterprise to a third party.· We also want this table sorted by the amount that the clients owe in descending order.· Write the total amount you owe on pieces of marking tape.· Use Post-its to attach the total amount you owe to your refrigerator or dashboard.
· I think you owe an apology to Clegg.· I think these people who said those hateful things about him owe him an apology.· You owe him an apology for misjudging him and suspecting his motives at every turn.· In light of this, do you feel you owe the world an apology?· You are owed an apology also.· I guess I owe her an apology.· Proponents of such a view owe us an apology for three avoidable Tory victories.· Did she really owe him an apology?
· It began to lose money, and would now owe banks some £250m-300m if its contracts were enforced.· This section lists long-term debt owed to banks or other creditors and any obligations under capital leases.· I had to pay off what I owed the bank.· Any excess money collected above the amount owed the bank must be returned to the borrower.· Answer guide: Here Transom owes money to the bank which the bank can demand is repaid immediately.· One decision will save local authorities at least part of the £500m they owe banks on contracts which they freely entered into.· Answer guide: In this case the business owes the bank money which needs to be repaid in the short term.· Bank deposits are credit balances owed by a bank to its customers.
· Jean Packman concludes by showing that new policy embodied in future legislation owes something to child care research studies in recent years.· The second question was whether the licensing authority, which licenses medicinal products, owes a duty of care to individuals.· The cost of remedying the defect is economic loss and neither party owes a duty of care to P2 in that respect.· He did find that the auditors owed a duty of care to the plaintiff.· Union Discount alleged that it was owed a duty of care by the auditors when they reported on the audit.· To whom should auditors owe a duty of care?· The railway company owes a duty of care to crossing users.
· But it emerges from the Kunsthaus show that he also owes a great deal to Tuggener.· Ben concedes that he owes a great deal of his success to the help he gets from his Mum and Dad.
· The debts owing by each of the bankrupts exceeded the values of their interests in the homes.· This section lists long-term debt owed to banks or other creditors and any obligations under capital leases.· My debt is owed to the Eston Hills.· I wear it to remind myself of the debt I owe you.· Years later, she acknowledged the debt she owed him for those early lessons in self-determination.· An especially large debt is owed to the Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College for supporting my research at a critical time.· The Smiths never forgot the debt they owed to John Peel and promised to repay, some day.· His problems were financial, and the debts he owed were ruinously large.
· Third, the duty is owed to institutions which may have authority but only towards other people.· The duty will be owed to the tenant, residents, neighbours and passers-by on the highway.· In negligence actions the court may find that no duty of care was owed in the circumstances.· Furthermore, within the range of duties which the State owes its citizens, failure to help is hindrance.· Assume that a duty of care is owed by A to C as a rescue was reasonably foreseeable in the circumstances.· His action would be determined by whether a duty was owed.· That is the duty I owe to my cloth.· The court would have to consider whether a duty was owed.
· It owes its existence to copper, which was discovered in the surrounding Mule Mountains in 1875.· Yet in a very real way, we all owe our existence to the absence of choice available to our ancestors.· The concession theory regards the company as owing its existence to an exercise of state power.· I owe my existence to their absence of choice, as, almost certainly, does everyone reading this.· A number of missions owe their existence to the initiative and financial support given in the first place by the Association.· Some of the wildlife of the water-mill may owe its existence to a rather more conscious decision on the part of some long-dead miller.· There are other conceptions of consciousness which also owe their existence to the pursuit of certain virtues.
· At the very least a clear case is owed a clear explanation if it is rejected.· Of course, a decision not to have children is a legitimate choice, and whoever makes it owes no explanation.· At the same time I felt I was owed an explanation.· It seemed to me I owed him some explanation.
· The moribund, quasi-clerical state of the universities owed much to this fact.
· He asked a policeman who owed him a favour that he wanted no-one to know about.· And he owed Duncan a favour, not once but many times over.· He had, now, friends in many places, or people who owed him a favour.· I owe him a favour, so I couldn't say no.
· In addition to that great teacher of prayer, there were others to whom I owe a debt of gratitude.· And there were other occasions for which I owe them gratitude.
· She was given the special responsibility of taking care of me, and I owe her my life.· Speedo knew that he owed his life to Rob; he was grateful and loyal.· I owe my life to both of them, and we're all good friends.· Composed in 1849, Sellers says the piece owes its life to a technological breakthrough: the invention of the valve.· TWENTY-FOUR I owed my life to Martinho.· It caught her straight across the neck and she probably owes her life to the fact that the drainpipe snapped.· He was wearing a coat and a thick woollen scarf, to which he later claimed he owed his life.· Others claim that some 100,000 owe their lives to his efforts.
· All the guys behind Don Shula owe him a lot.· Whereas all the Republican members owed him a lot before, he owes them a lot now.· I owe a lot to Dan.
· You owe them no loyalty ... you owe my country no enmity.· He had betrayed her, taken another woman to their marriage bed and Eline no longer owed him any loyalty.· But friends said yesterday she now felt she owed Wyman no further loyalty.
· On top of those arrears, the United States owes roughly $ 726 million for peacekeeping operations.· It is also owed $ 2 million.· The United States owes $ 464 million, nearly two-thirds of all the late dues.
· Apparently money was owed in Royalties for earlier operations.· Informing San Marcos that it had made a mistake in the amount of redevelopment money the city owed the county.· Much of the money owed was Brian's personal debt that his widow is not liable for.· She tells me that the Mum has applied for free meals but should really pay back the money owed.· The money that customers owe Sears. once Wall Street figured out how to package such securities, imaginations went wild.· Arresting in this context simply means getting your hands on the money owed.· The bulk of September's settlement was a cut in the money owed to credit card firms.
· Fiduciaries would also owe similar obligations.
· Population genetics owes its origin to Francis Galton, who put the study of human heredity on a mathematical footing.· The glass in the regolith owes its origin to impacts of cometary and asteroidal material with the lunar surface.· The second kind of modern atheism owes its origins to Feuerbach and its most powerful expression to Marx.· Such effects owe their origin to gradients in the field and are called tidal effects.· As to length, there are two traditional ways of measuring and both owe their origins to tiger shooting.· The group, he said, owed its origins to direct action by environmentalists in Britain.· Nevertheless, it is appropriate to consider here those components of karst topography that owe much of their origin to weathering processes.· It is quite possible that the Wandjina figures owe their origin to external influence.
· It owes its position to the fame of Sillery which, equally overrated, owes its reputation to the vines of Verzeray.· Many bishops owed their position to the king.· In the past they had a degree of self-doubt because many realized that they owed their position to factors other than merit.
· Perhaps, to some extent, she thought with wry amusement, she owed her professional success to Jake.· The production owes its success to a lot more than Lewis, though.· It owes its success entirely to recommendations from one reader to another.· Pass the bucky A great deal of current development owes its success to a new wonder material called a carbon nanotube.· The great individualists so often cited to show the value of personal freedom have owed their successes to earlier social environments.· The show owes much of its success to the star names it attracts to play suspects.· But he would be the first to admit he owed most of his success to his wife Renee.
· Lagerfeld owed $ 12.5m in tax arrears.· Call the phone number on the correspondence and explain clearly why you do not owe the tax.· Imagine if only 13 percent of the adults who are owed tax refunds this year got them.· You do not owe taxes charged against your spouse unless you and your spouse filed a joint return.· Further, it is not automatic that you personally owe taxes assessed against your corporation.· Current proposals for a child tax credit would not benefit many children because their families earn too little to owe taxes.· I needed a release from the tax office showing that I owed no back taxes.
VERB· Richard Lamm, who believes seniors owe it to the nation to go quietly, inexpensively and soon.· I believe that we owe it to Mr. Davies and to many others to pass it quickly.· He believes that biological structures owe their architectures to the structure of data passed to them.· Now they don't have any money, and they believe he owes them £25.· Or l would make believe he owed me money.· I believed I owed him some debt.· He said the case against him had been adjourned after he said he believed he owed less than £12.
· He was wearing a coat and a thick woollen scarf, to which he later claimed he owed his life.· L operators from winning billions of dollars in damages they claim the government owes them.· Others claim that some 100,000 owe their lives to his efforts.· He and his friends claim Albie owed them ten thousand pounds.· Tubeworkers, the largest of the sub-contractors, is taking High Court action over money it claims is owed by Trafalgar.· Caldaire North-East claims it is owed almost £800,000 by Middlesbrough, Stockton and Langbaurgh councils.
· We feel the world owes us.· Bonds probably felt the Giants owed him this consideration, keeping his streak alive for a couple games by artificial means.· For some reason she felt she owed him a serious answer.· In light of this, do you feel you owe the world an apology?· At the same time I felt I was owed an explanation.· He felt as though he owed it to Mel, and to everyone.· Two heads are better than one - and I feel I owe you on this.· The new resource represented welcome revenue for a local government feeling a financial pinch owing to a temporary local economic downturn.
· Eventually, together, we persuaded the man that Nelia should pay what she owed in instalments.· Second, you must file and pay all taxes owing for the next five years in a timely matter.· That sixty will pay off what you owe.· One employee failed to report that he had been paid twice and owes the United Nations more than $ 34, 000.· I had to pay off what I owed the bank.· And I am quite prepared to pay whatever he owes her.· By way of example, he suggests a threat by a debtor not to pay the £100 he owes her.· She tells me that the Mum has applied for free meals but should really pay back the money owed.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► think that the world owes you a living
1money to need to pay someone for something that they have done for you or sold to you, or to need to give someone back money that they have lent youowe somebody money/£10 etc- Do I owe it to myself to finish?
- For health insurance reasons you owe it to yourself to take care of your one and only body - your working machine.
- We owe it to ourselves to consider alternative futures, based on what we know and what we can project from that.
- You owe it to yourself to extract yourself from your present situation and reassess your life.
- A number of communes were independent of any seigneur, and owed allegiance to the Crown alone.
- The authors come from a wide variety of backgrounds and owe allegiance to a wide diversity of schools of thought.
- The Empire, a loose alliance of city-states and provinces owing allegiance to its Emperor, and the kingdom of Bretonnia.
- At the same time I felt I was owed an explanation.
- At the very least a clear case is owed a clear explanation if it is rejected.
- I guess I owe her an apology.
- I think these people who said those hateful things about him owe him an apology.
- I think you owe an apology to Clegg.
- In light of this, do you feel you owe the world an apology?
- Of course, a decision not to have children is a legitimate choice, and whoever makes it owes no explanation.
- You owe him an apology for misjudging him and suspecting his motives at every turn.
- We owe it to our children to clean up the environment.
- For health insurance reasons you owe it to yourself to take care of your one and only body - your working machine.
- He owed it to Sue to avenge Arabella.
- I owe it to Victoria to lend some retrospective weight to our parting.
- It was a lame excuse, and I bluntly told him that he owed it to posterity to relate his story.
- We owe it to clarity to disentangle the varieties of suffering possible in a given situation.
- We owe it to gastronomy to keep them alive.
- We owe it to ourselves to consider alternative futures, based on what we know and what we can project from that.
- You owe it to yourself to extract yourself from your present situation and reassess your life.
I owe my brother $50.owe somebody for something I still owe you for the taxi. How much do I owe you (=often used to show that you want to pay for something)?owe something to somebody the money owed to credit card companies2something done/given to feel that you should do something for someone or give someone something, because they have done something for you or given something to you: He asked for help from a colleague who owed him a favour.owe somebody a drink/letter etc I owe Shaun a letter; I must write soon. Thanks a lot for being so understanding about all this – I owe you one (=used to thank someone who has helped you, and to say that you are willing to help them in the future)!owe somebody (=be in a position in which someone has helped you, so that you should help them) Let’s go and see Joe – he owes me!3owe somebody an explanation/apology to feel that you should give someone an explanation of why you did something, or say you are sorry: You owe him an apology.4help to achieve something a)to have something or achieve something because of what someone else has doneowe something to somebody He probably owes his life to her prompt action. b)to know that someone’s help has been important to you in achieving somethingowe somebody a lot/owe somebody a great deal ‘I owe my parents a lot,’ he admitted. He owes a great deal to his publishers.owe it all to somebody/owe everything to somebody I owe it all to you.owe somebody a debt (of gratitude) the debt that we owe to our teachers5good effect to be successful because of the good effect or influence of something or someoneowe to Their success owes more to good luck than to careful management. Pearson’s work owed much to the research of his friend, Hugh Kingsmill.6owe it to somebody to do something to feel you should do something for someone, because they have helped you or given you support: You owe it to your supporters not to give up now.7owe it to yourself to do something to feel you should try to achieve something because it is what you deserve: You owe it to yourself to take some time off.8owe loyalty/allegiance etc to somebody to have a duty to obey someone: provinces owing allegiance to the Emperor9think that the world owes you a living to be unwilling to work in order to get things, and expect them to be provided for you – used to show disapprovalTHESAURUSowe to need to pay someone for something they have sold to you or because they have lent you money – used especially when talking about particular amounts of money: · You owe me $50.· The football club still owes £2.3 million.be in debt to owe money, especially to several different companies – used when talking about a person’s financial situation: · She hates being in debt.· We started getting deeper and deeper into debt.be overdrawn to owe an amount of money to your bank because you have taken more money out of an account than you have put in: · He received a letter saying he was overdrawn.· The bank charged me even though I was only a few pence overdrawn.have an overdraft to be overdrawn, with the agreement of your bank: · When I finished college I had a big overdraft.be in the red informal to have spent more money than you have: · The firm is £190,000,000 in the red.