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