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owe
What does owe mean?
owe (verb): be obliged to pay or repay.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use owe in a sentence?
- I still owe for the car. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce owe?
/oʊ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does owe come from?
From Middle English owen, from Old English āgan.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “owe” mean?
be obliged to pay or repay
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