verb
- past tense and past participle of owe; was required to pay or give something to someone
Examples
- She owed her friend twenty dollars.
- The company owed its employees back pay.
- He owed his success to hard work and determination.
- They owed an apology for their mistake.
- The student owed three library books.
- I owed my parents a phone call.
- The debt was owed to the bank for five years.