owe

owe
owe [{{t}}əʊ]
1 transitive verb
devoir;
to owe sth to sb, to owe sb sth devoir qch à qn;
you owe me £10 tu me dois 10 livres;
how much or what do I owe you? combien est-ce que ou qu'est-ce que je vous dois?;
how much do we still owe him for or on the car? combien nous reste-t-il à lui payer pour la voiture?;
I still owe you for the petrol je vous dois encore l'essence;
I owe you a beer je te dois une bière;
he thinks society owes him a living il s'imagine avoir le droit de vivre aux crochets de la société;
I think you owe him an explanation je pense qu'il a droit à une explication de ta part ou que tu lui dois une explication;
we owe them an apology nous leur devons des excuses;
you owe it to yourself to do your best vous vous devez à vous-même de faire de votre mieux;
we owe this discovery to a lucky accident nous devons cette découverte à un heureux hasard;
to what do we owe the honour of your visit? qu'est-ce qui nous vaut l'honneur de votre visite?;
I owe it all to my parents je suis redevable de tout cela à mes parents;
to owe sb a favour être redevable d'un service à qn;
I owe my life to you je vous dois la vie;
he owes his good looks to his mother il tient sa beauté de sa mère;
I owe you one! à charge de revanche!
2 intransitive verb
être endetté;
he still owes for or on the house il n'a pas encore fini de payer la maison

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  • owe — W3S2 [əu US ou] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(money)¦ 2¦(something done/given)¦ 3 owe somebody an explanation/apology 4¦(help to achieve something)¦ 5¦(good effect)¦ 6 owe it to somebody to do something 7 owe it to yourself to do something 8 owe… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • owe — [ əu ] verb transitive *** 1. ) if you owe someone money, you have to give them a particular amount of money because you have bought something from them or borrowed money from them. Money that you owe is called a debt: Tell me how much I owe, and …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • owe — [əʊ ǁ oʊ] verb [transitive] FINANCE to have not yet paid someone money you should pay them, or to have not yet paid back money you borrowed: • She owes taxes for the past three years. owe somebody something (for something) • He owes the company… …   Financial and business terms

  • Owe — ([=o]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Owed} ([=o]d), ({Ought} ([add]t) obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Owing} ([=o] [i^]ng).] [OE. owen, awen, aghen, to have, own, have (to do), hence, owe, AS. [=a]gan to have; akin to G. eigen, a., own, Icel. eiga to have, Dan.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Owe — is a surname or given name, a spelling variation of Ove, and may refer to: Baard Owe (born 1936), Norwegian born actor Owe Hellberg (born 1953), Swedish Left Party politician Owe Jonsson (1940 1962), Swedish athlete Owe Wiktorin (born 1940),… …   Wikipedia

  • owe — I verb be beholden, be bound, be due, be in debt, be indebted, be liable, be obligated, be under obligation, contract a debt, debere, have a loan, have an obligation, incur a debt associated concepts: debt owed, debtor creditor laws, legally owed …   Law dictionary

  • owe — ► VERB 1) be required to pay (money or goods) to (someone) in return for something received. 2) be morally obliged to show (gratitude, respect, etc.) or to offer (an explanation) to (someone). 3) (owe something to) have something because of. 4)… …   English terms dictionary

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  • owe — [ō] vt. owed, owing [ME owen < OE agan, to own, possess, have, akin to Goth aigan, OHG eigan < IE base * ēik , to have as one s own, be capable (of) > Sans * īśē, (he) possesses] 1. to have an obligation to pay; be indebted to the amount …   English World dictionary

  • owe — (v.) O.E. agan (past tense ahte) to have, own, from P.Gmc. *aiganan to possess (Cf. O.Fris. aga, O.N. eiga, O.H.G. eigan, Goth. aigan to possess, have ), from PIE *aik to be master of, possess (Cf. Skt. ise he owns …   Etymology dictionary

  • owe — [v] have an obligation be beholden, be bound, be contracted, behind, be in arrears, be in debt, be indebted, be into one for, be obligated, be under obligation, feel bound, get on credit, have borrowed, incur, in hock*, lost, on the tab*, ought… …   New thesaurus

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