Synonyms for owe
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1. owe

   Synonyms:
   borrow, hypothecate, attribute

   Antonyms:
   requite, repay, liquidate, defray

Princeton's WordNet

1. oweverb

   be obliged to pay or repay

2. oweverb

   be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense

   "This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory"

3. oweverb

   be in debt

   "She owes me $200"; "I still owe for the car"; "The thesis owes much to his adviser"

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1. debt

   something, typically money, that is owed or due.

   i am not in debt anymore!

   Submitted by JP03 on October 27, 2014  

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1. oweverb

   Synonyms:
   be indebted to, be bound to pay

2. oweverb

   Synonyms:
   be obliged to ascribe to, be obliged for, have to attribute to

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1. List of paraphrases for "owe":

   gotta, must

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1. Border Protection Minister Peter Dutton:

   If it is safe to do so and we have met our international obligations and we don't owe people protection, then those people will go back to their country of origin, people who seek an economic outcome are not true refugees and just because somebody is on a boat does not mean that they are a refugee.

2. Eric Trump:

   Right now, think of this, we owe China $1.3 trillion. We owe Japan more than that. So they come in, they take our jobs, they take our money and then they loan us back the money and we pay them in interest. And then the dollar goes up, so their deal is even better. How stupid are our leaders? How stupid are these politicians to allow this to happen? How stupid are they?

3. Tyler Motte:

   We heard the frustration from the fans tonight, we need to look ourselves in the mirror, find a way because we do owe it to more people than just ourselves to put a better product together.

4. John McCrostie:

   Sexual assault survivors are seldom subjected to having their testimony publicly broadcast. But she knew that her truth enabled others to not suffer as she has, we owe it to Jane Doe and to future Jane Does.

5. Goldblatt Hyatt:

   I owe it to my son that died, I owe it to him to honor his memory, and I owe the women that are not ready to talk.