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owing

owing

2.4
Money not yet paid
  • adjective
  • /ˈoʊɪŋ/
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  • The landlord sent a reminder about the rent that is owing this month.

Then she said she doesn't owe me a goddamn thing.

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Examples

  • So this is an example where fields owing to this layer are hitting this layer.

  • Like, I don't, I 'cause I hate owing money so much.

  • My getting back what's owed to me, what's been taken from me.

  • It's the least that's owed the victims.

  • He asked like a debt owed to death.

  • The debt payments are demanded first by the WB and IMF from the owing country, before domestic education and health care, welfare.

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  • As for 'owing,' well, again this has been hinted overtly for years since Ziva first started on the team.

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  • These are that's money owed to the Pafrath org.

  • He has a large sum of money still owing to the bank from his last loan.

  • She felt anxious about the bills that were owing after her recent purchase.

Synonyms

due
vsowing
469 1.3

Owed and needing to be paid

is the broader label for money that remains to be paid
outstanding
vsowing
  • Specialized
83 3.9

Not yet paid and still owed

is the simple term for money still needing payment
unpaid
vsowing
50 1.8

Money that someone still owes and has not paid

is the general label for money still required to be paid
payable
vsowing
  • Formal
16 4.1

Money that is owed and must be paid by a set date

is the general state of money that remains to be paid
receivable
vsowing
  • Specialized
6 6.5

Money that a company expects to receive from customers

views the same situation from the payer side not the receiver side
undischarged
vsowing
  • Specialized
1 8.1

A debt that has not been paid yet

is the everyday word for money still required to be paid

Antonyms

1 1.0

Getting money for work you do

3.4

Decided so there is no more doubt or argument

How Outstanding

overdue
103 2.7
owing
2.4
due
492 1.0

Surface Forms

owing positive

Morphology

owing = owe (transparent) = owe + ing

Standard adjectival/participle formation from the verb 'owe'; the meaning 'unpaid' is directly derived from 'owe'.

Etymology

The word owing comes from the same root as own, which meant 'to have' in old English. So owing came to mean money 'still to be paid', because a debt is something that 'belongs' to someone else until you pay it.