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. 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.

2. Matt Zeller:

   I just basically asked anyone who would listen,' Will you help me ? I owe this person my life. I'm willing to do whatever it takes. I will cash in and call in whatever favor. I will owe whatever it is that I need to owe. Tell me what it is that I need to do to get you to help me,'.

3. G. K. Chesterton:

   I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

4. Levon Holton-Teamer:

   Tovonna Holton would say, ‘ Mommy, I owe them ; I owe them. ’ I said, ‘ What do you mean you owe them ? ’ I could n’t understand what was wrong.

5. Abraham Lincoln:

   All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.