Definitions of owe:
- verb: be in debt
Example: "She owes me $200"
- verb: be obliged to pay or repay
- verb: be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense
Example: "This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory"
Example: "She owes me $200"
Example: "This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory"