1. (

• owe ,

) be obliged to pay or repay ;

2. (

• owe

) be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense; "This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory" ;

3. (

• owe

) be in debt; "She owes me $200"; "I still owe for the car"; "The thesis owes much to his adviser" ;