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ow⋅ing

  [oh-ing]
Use owing in a Sentence
–adjective
1. owed, unpaid, or due for payment: to pay what is owing.
—Idiom
2. owing to, because of; as a result of: Owing to a mistake in the payroll department, some of us were issued incorrect checks.
Origin:
1325–75; ME; see owe, -ing 2

owe

  [oh] verb, owed, ow⋅ing.
–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?
Origin:
bef. 900; ME owen to possess, be under obligation, have to pay; OE āgan to possess; c. OHG eigan, ON eiga. See own, ought 1
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owe   (ō)   
v.   owed, ow·ing, owes

v.   tr.

  1. To be indebted to the amount of: He owes me five dollars.

  2. To have a moral obligation to render or offer: I owe them an apology.

  3. To be in debt to: We owe the plumber for services rendered.

  4. To be indebted or obliged for: owed their riches to oil; owes her good health to diet and exercise.

  5. To bear (a certain feeling) toward a person or persons: You seem to owe your neighbors a grudge.

  6. Archaic To have as a possession; own.

v.   intr.
To be in debt: She still owes for the car.

[Middle English owen, from Old English āgan, to possess; see aik- in Indo-European roots.]
ow·ing   (ō'ĭng)   
adj.  Still to be paid; due.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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