What is another word for owe to?

Pronunciation: [ˈə͡ʊ tuː] (IPA)

The phrase "owe to" is often used to describe a debt or obligation, such as owing money to someone or owing a favor to a friend. However, there are several synonyms that can be used to convey the same meaning. For example, "indebted to" is a phrase that has a similar connotation to owing something to another person. "Beholden to" and "in the debt of" are also synonyms that can be used in place of "owe to". Additionally, "in hock to" and "in arrears to" are more informal phrases that can be used to describe owing money or favors to someone else.

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What are the hypernyms for Owe to?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Owe to

  • Instead of explaining the sober facts of mechanics and electricity, I want to say a few words about the debt which we owe to youth; and with your permission I shall consider you as representing here not only the academic youth of Sweden nor even of Europe but also of America.
    Felix Bloch
  • The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population.
    Denis Diderot
  • Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.
    Anatole France
  • Let those only return to their homes who are called by the imperative duties which they owe to their families, and those who by their glorious wounds have deserved the credit of their country.
    Giuseppe Garibaldi
  • There is reverence that we owe to everything in human shape.
    William Godwin

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