owing
owed, unpaid, or due for payment: to pay what is owing.
Idioms about owing
owing to, because of; as a result of: Owing to a mistake in the payroll department, some of us were issued incorrect checks.
Origin of owing
1Other words from owing
- un·ow·ing, adjective
Words Nearby owing
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How to use owing in a sentence
owing to its popularity as a pet, it has spread across the Pacific to China.
The Buddhist Business of Poaching Animals for Good Karma | Brendon Hong | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut owing to another experimental vaccine he received, its impossible to say whether the blood is what saved him.
By 1729 one of them was already complaining that “Rome is much changed to the worse … entirely owing to the British.”
Obama’s Extravagant Summer Break? More Like, America’s Vacation-Deficit Disorder | Clive Irving | August 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBloody as it is, Penny Dreadful is also rather beautiful, owing to some spectacular set design and spot-on horror imagery.
‘Penny Dreadful’ Is a Shameless Orgy of Blood, Gore, and Scary Fun | Kevin Fallon | May 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt would be too crazy—suicidal really, especially since, besides owing his job to Reilly, he also owes Reilly $20,000 dollars.
John O’Hara’s Mean, Lean Debut Novel Never Gives In to Despair | Nathaniel Rich | April 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
In these enlightened days no man is imprisoned for owing money, but only because he does not pay it when told to do so.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellThe strength of the lion is tremendous, owing to the immense mass of muscle around its jaws, shoulders, and forearms.
Hunting the Lions | R.M. BallantyneThis whole region is for the most part very cold, owing to various causes.
owing to its inertia, no heavy bellows weight can be set into motion rapidly.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerIt was to a great extent owing to the conduct of the Duke of Elchingen that Massna was at last compelled to retreat.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
British Dictionary definitions for owing
/ (ˈəʊɪŋ) /
(postpositive) owed; due
owing to (preposition) because of or on account of
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