<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>owed</li><li>ow·ing</li><li>to be under obligation to pay or repay</li><li>to owe money to the bank</li><li>to owe the bank interest on a mortgage</li><li>to be in debt to</li><li>He says he doesn't owe anybody</li><li>to be indebted (to) as the cause or source of</li><li>to owe one's fame to good fortune</li><li>to have or bear (a feeling or attitude) toward someone or something</li><li>to owe gratitude to one's rescuers</li><li>Obsolete: to possess; own</li></ul>