owe

About 7.29 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.

   We owe it to our children to make our nation a better place to live in the future.

2. verb To have debt; to be in debt.
3. verb To have as a cause; used with to.

   The record owes its success to the outstanding guitar solos.

Similar words

payable repayable pay have deserve credit need must thank shall

Often followed by

to their the a you it me him much this

Word family

owe you one owed owes owing