āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to owe
01
āĻāĻŖā§ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻ§āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž
to have the responsibility of paying someone back a certain amount of money that was borrowed
Ditransitive: to owe sb a sum of money | to owe a sum of money to sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She realizes she owes her sister a significant sum after borrowing money for car repairs.
āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻ§āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻ¸ā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻāĻŖā§āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻŖā§ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻā§āĻ¤āĻā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to carry a sense of gratitude, recognition, or indebtedness toward someone or something for intellectual or abstract contributions
Ditransitive: to owe an abstract achievement or quality to sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The community owes a debt of appreciation to the pioneers who laid the foundation for its values.
āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻŦā§āĻ§ā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ
āĻā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ¤āĻā§āĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŖ āĻĒā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻŖā§ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻĻā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to be under an obligation to repay something, typically money, to a person, entity, or organization for something they have done
Transitive: to owe sb for a service
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The company owes its suppliers for the raw materials received.
āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŦāĻ°āĻžāĻšāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
