Owed Meaning in English

word · lemma: owe

US

/ˈoʊd/

ohd

UK

/ˈəʊd/

ohd

التعريف

Past tense of 'owe'. It means to have had a duty to pay someone money, or to have felt that something should be given to someone because of help, kindness, or responsibility.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Common patterns are 'owed someone money', 'owed a debt', and 'owed someone an apology/thanks/explanation'. 'Owed to' appears in formal phrases like 'The delay was owed to bad weather', but 'due to' is more common there. Don't confuse it with 'owned'.

• Spanish: debía - debía pagar
• Portuguese (BR): devia - estava devendo
• Portuguese (PT): devia - tinha a pagar
• Chinese (Simplified): 欠 - 应付
• Chinese (Traditional): 欠 - 應付
• Hindi: देना था - बकाया था
• Arabic: كان مدينًا بـ - كان عليه أن يدفع
• Bengali: ঋণী ছিলাম - পাওনা ছিল
• Russian: был должен - задолжал
• Japanese: 借りがあった - 借りていた
• Vietnamese: nợ
• Korean: 빚졌다 - 빚이 있었다
• Turkish: borçluydu - borcu vardı
• Urdu: مقروض تھا - احسان مند تھا
• Indonesian: berutang - berhutang

جمل نموذجية

I owed my friend ten dollars.

basic

She owed her teacher an apology.

basic

We owed a lot for the repairs.

basic

I knew I owed him a call after he helped me move.

natural

They finally paid me back what they owed me.

natural

Honestly, I owed her more thanks than I ever said.

natural