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Owing

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Still to be paid; due.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Still to be paid; owed as a debt.

v. Present participle of owe.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

past-participle. Had or held under obligation of paying; due.

past-participle. Had or experienced as a consequence, result, issue, etc.; ascribable; -- with to

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. owed as a debt

Word Usage

"At the time Howard began submitting manuscripts, F.rnsworth Wright had replaced Edwin F. Baird as editor of the C.icago-based magazine, after founder and owner J.C. Henneberger was forced to reorganise the title owing to debts."

Equivalent

unpaid

Cross Reference

owing to

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

due ascribable accrued attributable duel

Verb Stem

owe

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Boeing bestowing blowing bowing crowing easygoing flowing foregoing forgoing glowing