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owing adjective [ ˈəʊɪŋ ]

• (of money) yet to be paid.
• "no rent was owing"
Similar: unpaid, unsettled, to be paid, payable, receivable, due, overdue, undischarged, owed, outstanding, in arrears, in the red, delinquent, past due,
Opposite: paid, settled,

owe verb

• have an obligation to pay or repay (something, especially money) in return for something received.
• "they have denied they owe money to the company"
Similar: be in debt (to), be indebted (to), be in arrears (to), be under an obligation (to), be obligated (to), be beholden to, be in debit, be overdrawn (by), be in the red, be in debt to the tune of,
Opposite: settle up,
Origin: Old English āgan ‘own, have it as an obligation’, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit īs ‘possess, own’. Compare with ought1.

owing to

• because of or on account of.
• "his reading was hesitant owing to a stammer"
Similar: because of, as a result of, on account of, on grounds of, due to, as a consequence of, thanks to, through, by reason of, by/in virtue of, for the sake of, in view of, after, following, in the wake of,

owing to

• because of or on account of.
"his reading was hesitant owing to a stammer"



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