owing
Use Owing in a sentence
ɪŋ adjective
Idioms 1.
owed, unpaid, or due for payment: to pay what is owing.
2.
owing to, because of; as a result of: Owing to a mistake in the payroll department, some of us were issued incorrect checks.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to be under obligation to pay or repay: to owe money to the bank; to owe the bank interest on a mortgage.
2.
to be in debt to: He says he doesn't owe anybody.
3.
to be indebted (to) as the cause or source of: to owe one's fame to good fortune.
4.
to have or bear (a feeling or attitude) toward someone or something: to owe gratitude to one's rescuers.
5.
Obsolete. to possess; own.
verb (used without object)
6.
to be in debt: Neither lend nor owe. Who owes for the antipasto?
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owe (əʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to be under an obligation to pay (someone) to the amount of |
| 2. | (intr) to be in debt: he still owes for his house |
| 3. | ( |
| 4. | to feel the need or obligation to do, give, etc: to owe somebody thanks; to owe it to oneself to rest |
| 5. | to hold or maintain in the mind or heart (esp in the phrase owe a grudge) |
| [Old English āgan to have (C12: to have to); related to Old Saxon ēgan, Old High German eigan] | |
| owing (ˈəʊɪŋ) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (postpositive) owed; due |
| 2. | (preposition) owing to because of or on account of |
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Word Origin & History
owe
O.E. agan (pt. ahte) "to have, own," from P.Gmc. *aiganan "to possess" (cf. O.Fris. aga, O.N. eiga, O.H.G. eigan, Goth. aigan "to possess, have"), from PIE *aik- "to be master of, possess" (cf. Skt. ise "he owns," isah "owner, lord, ruler;" Avestan is- "riches," isvan- "well-off, rich"). Sense of "to
have to repay" began in late O.E. with the phrase agan to geldanne lit. "to own to yield," which was used to translate L. debere (earlier in O.E. this would have been sceal "shall"); by c.1175 the phrase had been shortened to simply agan, and own (v.) took over this word's original sense. An original Gmc. preterite-present verb (cf. can, dare, may, etc.). New past tense form owed arose 15c. to replace oughte, which developed into ought (1).
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Example sentences
The total debt and interest owing on it is less than the total of both fiat and debt money available in the world.
Owing to the disappearance of the early records of the city, the story of its first years can no longer be reconstructed.
But it wasn't until recently that, owing to advances in drilling technology, extracting the gas became a lucrative proposition.
There may be schedules made out, owing to my exertions, but they will be only catalogs of sale.
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