1. owe
Debtors are people who cannot re-pay money they owe.
If I had money, I would pay what I owe you. As it is, I can't pay.
How much do I owe you?
Worrying is like paying a debt you don't owe.
owe money
If you owe your bank manager a thousand pounds, you are at his mercy. If you owe him a million pounds, he is at your mercy.
To whom do we owe the discovery of penicillin?
My sister owes me PLN 300.
The museum owes much of its success to the present generation of young British artists.
When will you give me back the money you owe me?
He said that I didn’t need to pay back the money I owed him.
Abdullah sheth had had an argument with an indian who owed him a lot of money
You already owe me £200, so I can’t lend you any more
I owe him a debt. You still owe me money. He owes about $5,000 to the bank.
Astronomy is perhaps the science whose discoveries owe least to chance, in which human understanding appears in its whole magnitude, and through which man can best learn how small he is.