owe synonyms

owe

v.

be under obligation, be indebted to, be obligated to, have an obligation, ought to, be bound, become beholden, get on credit, feel bound, be bound to pay, be contracted to, be subject to draft for, be in debt for, have signed a note for, have borrowed, have lost, bind out*.

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