owed
Still to pay
Owed is the past tense of owe.
If you owed someone money, you were obligated to pay them: He owed me fifty dollars.
The word extends beyond debts to other obligations: She owed her success to hard work.
Something owed is due but not yet delivered: the apology long owed to victims.
One owed money
- debtorOne who owes
- arrearsOverdue financial obligations
- overduePast expected arrival
- defaultPreset standard option
delinquency · collection · invoice · outstanding · unpaid · balance · liability · lien
Borrowed money repaid later
- lenderOne who loans money
- mortgageSecured home loan
- creditRecognition or payment deferral
- interestAttention, stake, or fee
finance · collateral · principal · advance · overdraft · secured · unsecured · promissory
Periodic partial payment
- paybackRetaliation for wrongs
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- reimbursementPayment for incurred expenses
- amortizationGradual debt reduction schedule
redemption · discharge · liquidation · clearance · remittance · payment · restitution · compensation
Required moral task
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- burdenOppressive weight or duty
expectation · due · required · bound · beholden · allegiance · loyalty · service
Appreciative state of mind
- appreciationRecognition of worth
- indebtednessState of owing money
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
beholden · grateful · indebted · thanks · tribute · favor · kindness · generosity
creditor
One owed money
default · delinquency · collection · invoice · outstanding · unpaid · balance · liability · lien · dunning
loan
Borrowed money repaid later
interest · finance · collateral · principal · advance · overdraft · secured · unsecured · promissory · note
installment
Periodic partial payment
- paybackRetaliation for wrongs
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- reimbursementPayment for incurred expenses
amortization · redemption · discharge · liquidation · clearance · remittance · payment · restitution · compensation · reparation
duty
Required moral task
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
burden · expectation · due · required · bound · beholden · allegiance · loyalty · service · honor
thankfulness
Appreciative state of mind
- appreciationRecognition of worth
- indebtednessState of owing money
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
recognition · beholden · grateful · indebted · thanks · tribute · favor · kindness · generosity · reciprocity
- Unpaid Billspast due, overdue, unpaid, late, outstanding
- debt collectiondebt collection, garnishment, late payments, debt collector, delinquent accounts
- money wordsvalue, worth, wealth, poverty, costly
- account statusactive, inactive, open, closed, current
- out-of-pocket costsout-of-pocket, copay, copayment, deductible, coinsurance
- necessitiesbasics, essentials, need, essential, needs
owedundue
Beyond what's warranted
unearned · undeserved · unwarranted · gratuitous · voluntary
- I owe youVerbal debt recognition
- you owe meFavor requires future repayment
- owe you one
- owe someone oneObligated to repay kindness
- owe it to oneselfDeserve something for yourself
- money owed