Dictionary definition for: Owe
1. (v) be obliged to pay or repay
2. (v) be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense; "This new theory owes much to Einstein''s Relativity Theory"
3. (v) be in debt; "She owes me $200" "The thesis owes much to his adviser"
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