owes
Must pay back
Owes is the third-person singular of owe.
To owe is to be obligated to pay or repay: She owes me twenty dollars.
Beyond money, you can owe gratitude, loyalty, or an apology.
To owe something to a cause means that cause is responsible: He owes his success to hard work.
The team owes him one suggests a favor is due in return.
Required moral task
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- promiseCommitment to act
- pledgeBinding promise given
bond · covenant · accountability · allegiance · fealty · loyalty · honor · bound
Borrowed money repaid later
- creditorOne owed money
- defaultPreset standard option
- interestAttention, stake, or fee
- arrearsOverdue financial obligations
bankruptcy · insolvency · foreclosure · mortgage · borrower · lender · overdue · collection
Reach final terms
- reimburseReturn money owed
- compensateMake up for
- remuneratePay for services
- clearWithout obstruction or fog
satisfy · discharge · liquidate · square · pay back · make good · return · refund
Recognition of worth
- thankfulnessAppreciative state of mind
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- gratefulnessState of being thankful
thanks · tribute · respect · regard · esteem · honor · praise · credit
Obligated to explain oneself
- responsibleObligated to answer for actions
- answerableLiable to account
- culpableDeserving of blame
- legallyIn lawful manner
obligated · enforceable · binding · subject to · chargeable · penalty · consequence · contractual
duty
Required moral task
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- promiseCommitment to act
pledge · bond · covenant · accountability · allegiance · fealty · loyalty · honor · bound · beholden
loan
Borrowed money repaid later
arrears · bankruptcy · insolvency · foreclosure · mortgage · borrower · lender · overdue · collection · dunning
settle
Reach final terms
- reimburseReturn money owed
- compensateMake up for
- remuneratePay for services
clear · satisfy · discharge · liquidate · square · pay back · make good · return · refund · restore
appreciation
Recognition of worth
- thankfulnessAppreciative state of mind
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
gratefulness · thanks · tribute · respect · regard · esteem · honor · praise · credit · debt of gratitude
accountable
Obligated to explain oneself
- responsibleObligated to answer for actions
- answerableLiable to account
- culpableDeserving of blame
legally · obligated · enforceable · binding · subject to · chargeable · penalty · consequence · contractual · statutory
weight
Measure of heaviness
anchor · encumbrance · yoke · hardship · pressure · trouble · crushing · overwhelming · mounting · spiraling
- 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