Definition: 1. Be obliged to pay or repay. 2. To have to pay someone for something that you have already received or return money that you have borrowed. 3. Be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense. 4. Be in debt.
Use 'owe' in a sentence:
1. I don't want to press the point, but you do owe me$ 200.
2. I owe him an apology for I have hurt him deeply.
3. I think you owe me an apology, young lady!
4. You owe me four pounds, but I have your watch, so we'll cry quits.
5. I owe you a great debt of gratitude.
6. She still owes £3 000 to her father.
7. I owe him everything.
8. The play owes much to French tragedy.
9. We owe all the heroes who sacrificed their lives for peace gratitude and respect.
10. She still owes £ 3 000 to her father.
11. She still owes her father £ 3 000.
12. Thanks for sticking up for me─I owe you one (= I owe you a favour) .
13. I owe it to them.
14. Champagne houses owe their success to brand image.
15. How much do I owe you for the groceries?
16. Blake already owed him nearly £50.
17. She owes money right and left.
18. Fast food such as KFC may owe their popularity to the fact that there is usually little waiting.
19. As a musician I owe much to the radio station in my home town.
20. The game was cancelled owing to torrential rain.
21. He owed his survival to his strength as a swimmer.
22. The company owes money to more than 60 banks.
23. One social class does not owe anything to another, and we should not feel guilty about pursuing financial interests.
24. Did he ever pay you back that$ 100 he owes you?
25. Mrs Allen's style of cooking owes much to her mother-in-law.
26. You owe him an apology for what you said.
27. £ 100 is still owing on the loan.
28. I owe so much to it.
29. She still owes her father £3 000.
30. As a professional composer I owe much to Radio 3.
31. I'm still owed three days' leave.
32. I think you owe us an explanation.
33. You owe it to yourself to get some professional help.
34. He's been fantastic. I owe him a lot.
35. The island's present economy owes a good deal to whisky distilling.
36. Anyway, to put it simply, we still owe them £ 2 000.
37. Thanks for sticking up for me ─ I owe you one.
38. I'll repay the money I owe them next week.
39. The project was running late owing to unforeseen circumstances.
40. The country owes billions of dollars to foreign creditors.
41. I'll have to settle up what I owe for the phone.
42. She finally coughed up the money she owed.
43. I owe everything to him.
44. I can't go. I owe it to him to stay.
45. I owe a debt of thanks to Joyce Thompson, whose careful and able research was of great help.
46. I owe him nothing.
47. And then there's the little matter of the fifty pounds you owe me.
48. I don't want to press the point , but you do owe me $200.
49. The reforms owe a great deal to the resolution of one man.
50. I owe a debt of gratitude to all my family.
51. I have every intention of paying her back what I owe her.
52. I tackled him about the money he owed me.
53. You owe me 27 dollars? Make it 30, that's a good round number.
54. I can't go; I owe it to him to stay.
55. Add up all the money I owe you.
56. Steve finally coughed up the money he owed us.
57. You owe it to your staff to be honest with them.
58. Owing to staff shortages, there was no restaurant car on the train.
59. Here's the £ 10 I owe you ─ now we're square.
60. I always suspected she owed her first job to her friendship with Roger.
61. He owes his success to hard work.
62. You owe me a favour!
63. I knew that I owed the surgeon my life.
64. I think we're owed an apology.
65. I owe you an apology. You must have found my attitude very annoying.
66. I owe the restoration of my hearing to this remarkable new technique.
67. He was out of work owing to a physical injury.
