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owing

[ oh-ing ]

adjective

  1. owed, unpaid, or due for payment:

    to pay what is owing.



owing

/ ˈəʊɪŋ /

adjective

  1. postpositive owed; due
  2. owing to
    preposition because of or on account of
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Other Word Forms

  • ܲ·ǷiԲ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of owing1

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; owe, -ing 2
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. owing to, because of; as a result of:

    Owing to a mistake in the payroll department, some of us were issued incorrect checks.

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Example Sentences

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Amelia enters the Holmes manse through the servants’ entrance — this might be a novel addition to 221B — and, owing to the recent dismemberment of Holmes’ scullery maid, is mistakenly hustled into the vacant job.

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Mortgage rates remain difficult to predict owing to uncertainty created by US tariff policy on the wider economy.

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She said she could not see Martha "one last time" as the vet advised against it owing to the severity of the kitten's head injuries.

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Between the fear of accidentally owing money to the IRS and the anxiety of navigating complex forms, filing taxes can feel like playing cards at a table where only the dealer knows the game.

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And with NOAA’s monthly climate change briefings indefinitely suspended in April owing to personnel reductions, staff may become less aware of what, precisely, is happening to the climate.

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