owe
Example Sentences
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Brook owed them a performance and boy did he repay them here.
From BBC
Investigators consider the octogenarian a “vulnerable adult” owing to her difficulty walking, pacemaker and a heart condition that required daily medication.
Warner reopened talks after Paramount amended its takeover bid, agreeing to pay the $2.8 billion termination fee Warner would owe Netflix if that deal collapsed.
Americans spend almost as much on dining out as they owe in student debt.
From MarketWatch
That means taxpayers are entitled to any surplus the government receives from the sale of a home beyond the debt they owe.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
