english
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owe
to need to pay someone for something they have sold to you or because they have lent you money – used especially when talking about particular amounts of money:
• You owe me $50. • The football club still owes £2.3 million.
be in debt
to owe money, especially to several different companies – used when talking about a person’s financial situation:
• She hates being in debt. • We started getting deeper and deeper into debt.
be overdrawn
to owe an amount of money to your bank because you have taken more money out of an account than you have put in:
• He received a letter saying he was overdrawn. • The bank charged me even though I was only a few pence overdrawn.
have an overdraft
to be overdrawn, with the agreement of your bank:
• When I finished college I had a big overdraft.
be in the red
informal to have spent more money than you have:
• The firm is £190,000,000 in the red.
Longman-Thesaurus
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verb
are indebted to:
We owe them $4000 for the car.
Simple Definitions
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Phrase(s): owe something (to someone) (for something)
to be under obligation to pay or repay someone for something. • I owe forty dollars to Ann for the dinner. • I owe money for the gift to Ann. • I still owe money for the gift. • Do you still owe money to Ann?
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs