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Another word for owing

Adjective

  1. Owed as a debt

    2. See also:

    pay

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Another word for owing

Modifier
    2. See also:

    due

Idioms:

    owing-to

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Sentence Examples

  • Its trade is not large, however, owing to the costs of transportation.

  • (With this method of observation it often happens that the observer, influenced by the direction he himself prefers, regards those as leaders who, owing to the people's change of direction, are no longer in front, but on one side, or even in the rear.)

  • When I was taking care of Dad there wasn't time to take classes and he died owing a lot of money, so I had to sell the house.

  • Owing to being suspected of political'.

  • Giraffes are inhabitants of open country, and owing to their length of neck and long flexible tongues are enabled to browse on tall trees, mimosas being favourites.

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