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Owing Moderate

Owing has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

present participle of owe

"The company is owing millions in back taxes to the government."

Adjective
1

owed as a debt

"outstanding bills"

"the amount still owed"

"undischarged debts"

2

Still to be paid; owed as a debt.

"The bill remained owing until I sent in my payment last week."

In plain English: Owing means having money that you owe to someone else and haven't paid back yet.

"He has been owing money to his friends for weeks now."

Example Sentences
"He has been owing money to his friends for weeks now." adj
"He was owing money to his landlord because he forgot to pay rent." adj
"The bill showed that we were owing the shopkeeper for damaged goods." adj
"She realized she was owing an apology to her friend after their argument." adj
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Rhyming Words
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