owe

1. (verb) be in debt; "She owes me $200"; "The thesis owes much to his adviser"
Related Words: be, mortgage

2. (verb) be obliged to pay or repay
Related Words: chalk up, run up

3. (verb) be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense; "This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory"
Related Words: build on, build upon, repose on, rest on



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