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owed

Variant of owe

transitive verb owed, owing

  1. to have an obligation to pay; be indebted to the amount of
  2. to have or feel the need to do, give, etc., as because of gratitude
  3. to have or cherish (a certain feeling) toward another: now only in
  4. to be indebted to someone for the existence of
  5. Obsolete to own; have

intransitive verb

to be in debt

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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