How to Use owe in a Sentence
owe
verb
- I still owe on the car.
- I owe you a drink.
- I owe the bank a lot of money.
- I owe you my thanks.
- We owe no income tax.
- She still owes me for all the times I've helped her out.
- Additional payments are owed on the mortgage.
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Once the stock was sold, your son owed taxes on those gains.
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Liz Weston,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Nov. 2023
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And Bowling Green comes in third, with 212 workers owed back pay.
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Olivia Evans,
The Courier-Journal,
8 Jan. 2024
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Most were paid off, Ray said, but the building owners still owed roughly $1,700 by the end of April.
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oregonlive,
16 May 2023
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Under the terms of the reverse mortgage, the lender has the right to sell the home to satisfy the debt owed on the reverse mortgage.
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Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2023
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The end result is that a state does not collect vast sums of tax revenue it was owed.
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Christopher Kuo,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2024
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Amounts owed will now be paid by Dish Network to an EchoStar subsidiary.
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Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Jan. 2024
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Many of us owe our San Diego following to Carey’s work, his taste, his sweat, his tears.
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George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2023
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But the out-of-the-blue decision to close left baristas and cooks out of work and missing paychecks they were still owed.
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Noah Goldberg,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2024
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Residuals are paid out at the same time to everybody who is owed them.
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Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
19 Oct. 2023
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Which is kind of what St. Augustine said: God doesn’t owe us happy lives.
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Wyatt Mason,
New York Times,
27 July 2023
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And consumers already owe almost $1 trillion on their charge cards, up 17% jump from last year and a record high.
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Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
17 May 2023
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This dark pair owes its vintage vibes to the contrast stitching (be sure to check out the back), super-high waist and relaxed wide legs.
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Paula Lee,
Glamour,
7 Nov. 2023
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The family still owed monthly rent on their East Palestine house.
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Emily Baumgaertner Brian Kaiser,
New York Times,
16 Aug. 2023
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In total, the court said Blackstock owed Clarkson $2.6 million.
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Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
15 Mar. 2024
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Some say the Aztecs cannot afford to move on from Hoke, given a nearly $5 million buyout he would be owed.
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Bryce Miller,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Oct. 2023
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Giuliani owes about $3 million in legal fees, according to The New York Times.
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Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
15 Dec. 2023
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There's no penalty for filing a tax extension with the IRS, but not paying the full amount owed can lead to charges on the unpaid balance.
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John Tufts,
The Indianapolis Star,
14 Mar. 2024
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The insurance company owes you the value of your car at the time of the damage, not the value of a new or upgraded model.
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Steven Glass,
Car and Driver,
9 June 2023
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But Alan McGeeney said his cousin had worked hard to better himself for the last decade, and no longer had lingering court dates or money owed.
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Andrea Klick,
Kansas City Star,
19 Jan. 2024
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About half of those who took on credit card debt or were struggling to pay for necessities owed less than $2,000, the report said.
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Carly Olson,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2023
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He's owed what remains on his $18.5 million salary, as well as a $1 million buyout on his club option for next year.
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Jeremy Cluff,
The Arizona Republic,
24 July 2023
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At this point in his career, Springsteen doesn’t owe anybody anything.
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Daniel Kohn,
SPIN,
5 Apr. 2024
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The court is ordering Teran and Batista to pay just a small sampling of the many songwriters and artists who are owed royalties as a result of the scam.
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Kristin Robinson,
Billboard,
20 Nov. 2023
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