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Definitions for Owing

[1] owed, unpaid, or due for payment: to pay what is owing.
[2] owing to , because of; as a result of: Owing to a mistake in the payroll department, some of us were issued incorrect checks.
[3] to be under obligation to pay or repay: to owe money to the bank; to owe the bank interest on a mortgage.
[4] to be in debt to: He says he doesn't owe anybody.
[5] to be indebted (to) as the cause or source of: to owe one's fame to good fortune.
[6] to have or bear (a feeling or attitude) toward someone or something: to owe gratitude to one's rescuers.
[7] Obsolete . to possess; own.
[8] to be in debt: Neither lend nor owe. Who owes for the antipasto?
[9] (postpositive) owed; due
[10] owing to (preposition) because of or on account of
[11] to be under an obligation to pay (someone) to the amount of
[12] (intr) to be in debt he still owes for his house
[13] (often foll by to) to have as a result (of) he owes his success to chance
[14] to feel the need or obligation to do, give, etc to owe somebody thanks ; to owe it to oneself to rest
[15] to hold or maintain in the mind or heart (esp in the phrase owe a grudge )

Words related to Owing

owed, matured, mature, unsettled, comeuppance, due, outstanding, overdue, payable, attributable

Words nearby Owing

owens, jesse, owensboro, ower, owerri, owi, owing, owl, owl butterfly, owl monkey, owl's claws, owl's clover

Origin of Owing

ebefore 900; Middle English owen to possess, be under obligation, have to pay; Old English āgan to possess; cognate with Old High German eigan, Old Norse eiga. See own, ought1

Words that may be confused with Owing

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, oweO, oh, owe, ode, owed

Other words from Owing

un·ow·ing , adjective

Word origin for Owing

eOld English āgan to have (C12: to have to); related to Old Saxon ēgan, Old High German eigan

Synonyms for Owing

mature, matured, owed, unsettled, attributable, comeuppance, due, in debt, outstanding, overdue, payable