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Antonyms for owe
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  1. owe

    Antonyms:
    requite, repay, liquidate, defray

    Synonyms:
    borrow, hypothecate, attribute

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  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. Craig Grossi:

    Finding the motivation was really about giving myself the permission to write. For me and for other veterans, it’s something we have to overcome in terms of drawing attention to ourselves or doing anything that we might perceive as selfish or self-indulgent, it’s something that I owe to the men and women that I served with and the awesome people that have come into my life. I owe it to them to share this story.

  2. Rick Schmutzler:

    My business was solidly profitable for 15 years. I didn't owe a penny to anybody.

  3. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani:

    We owe a profound debt to the soldiers who have lost limbs to buried bombs, to the brave veterans, and to the families who tragically lost their loved ones to the enemy's cowardly acts of terror, we owe a profound debt to the many Americans who have come to build schools, repair wells, and cure the sick. And we must acknowledge with appreciation that at the end of the day it is the ordinary Americans whose hard-earned taxes have over the years built the partnership that has led to our conversation today.

  4. John McCain:

    It is because I owe America more than she has ever owed me that I am a candidate for president of the United States.

  5. Javier Salazar:

    We owe it to Nichol, Alexa, London, and their families to find the truth through meticulous investigation. It's always better to have more tools at our disposal and more eyes on any case.

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#48366defray
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