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1 owe
[əu](to be in debt to: I owe (him) $10.) dolgovati- owing- owing to* * *[óu]1.transitive verbdolgovati, biti dolžen (s.th. to s.o., s.o. s.th. komu kaj); biti dolžan zahvalo ( for za); sport dati prednost;2.intransitive verbbiti zadolžento owe s.o. a grudge — imeti koga na piki, biti jezen na koga -
2 IOU
( abbreviation) (I owe you; a signed paper in which a person acknowledges a debt of a certain amount: I'll give you an IOU (for $ 150).) zadolžnica
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owe a debt of gratitude/thanks to someone — see ↑debt • • • Main Entry: ↑owe … Useful english dictionary
owe a debt of gratitude/thanks to — to have a good reason to be very grateful to (someone) The whole town owes a debt of gratitude to the people who organized the parade. • • • Main Entry: ↑debt … Useful english dictionary
owe a debt of thanks to — see ↑debt • • • Main Entry: ↑thanks … Useful english dictionary
debt — W2S2 [det] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: dette, from Latin debitum, from debere to owe ] 1.) a sum of money that a person or organization owes debt of ▪ This over ambitious strategy has saddled them with debts of around $3,000,000.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
debt — [ det ] noun *** 1. ) count an amount of money that you owe: By this time we had debts of over $15,000. run up a debt (=let it increase): She had run up debts of nearly $10,000. pay (off)/repay a debt: Many people experience difficulty in paying… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
debt — [[t]de̱t[/t]] ♦♦ debts 1) N VAR A debt is a sum of money that you owe someone. → See also bad debt Three years later, he is still paying off his debts... Shrinking economies mean falling tax revenues and more government debt. ...reducing the… … English dictionary
debt — noun 1 sum of money owed ADJECTIVE ▪ big, crippling, enormous, heavy, high, huge, large, massive, substantial ▪ … Collocations dictionary
debt — /det/ noun 1 (C) a sum of money that you owe: pay off/repay/clear your debts: He now had enough money to pay off his father s outstanding debts. (+ of): The company has debts of around $1,000,000. | run up a debt (=borrow money without paying it… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
debt */*/*/ — UK [det] / US noun Word forms debt : singular debt plural debts 1) a) [countable] an amount of money that you owe By this time we had debts of over £15,000. run up a debt (= let it increase): She had run up debts of nearly £10,000. pay… … English dictionary
owe — W3S2 [əu US ou] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(money)¦ 2¦(something done/given)¦ 3 owe somebody an explanation/apology 4¦(help to achieve something)¦ 5¦(good effect)¦ 6 owe it to somebody to do something 7 owe it to yourself to do something 8 owe… … Dictionary of contemporary English
owe — I verb be beholden, be bound, be due, be in debt, be indebted, be liable, be obligated, be under obligation, contract a debt, debere, have a loan, have an obligation, incur a debt associated concepts: debt owed, debtor creditor laws, legally owed … Law dictionary