Associations to the word «Owe»

Wiktionary

OWE, verb. To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.
OWE, verb. To have debt, to be in debt.
OWE SOMEONE ONE, verb. To be indebted to someone.

Dictionary definition

OWE, verb. Be obliged to pay or repay.
OWE, verb. Be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense; "This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory".
OWE, verb. Be in debt; "She owes me $200"; "I still owe for the car"; "The thesis owes much to his adviser".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky