Definition of "owe" []

To be indebted to the amount of: He owes me five dollars. (verb-transitive)
To have a moral obligation to render or offer: I owe them an apology. (verb-transitive)
To be in debt to: We owe the plumber for services rendered. (verb-transitive)
To be indebted or obliged for: owed their riches to oil; owes her good health to diet and exercise. (verb-transitive)
To bear (a certain feeling) toward a person or persons: You seem to owe your neighbors a grudge. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "owe" in a sentence

"In doing so, it treats the care I owe you as identical to the care I would ˜owe™ myself."
"III. i.242 (371,7) One time will owe another] I know not whether to _owe_ in this place means to _possess by right_, or to _be indebted_."
"Paying somebody to figure out how much I owe is like pouring salt on a wound."

Words like "owe"

au beau build on build upon

chalk up ought owed owes

owing own possess repose on

reston

run up