owing


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ow·ing

 (ō′ĭng)
adj.
Still to be paid; due.
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owing

(ˈəʊɪŋ)
adj
1. (postpositive) owed; due
2. owing to (preposition) because of or on account of
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ow•ing

(ˈoʊ ɪŋ)

adj.
owed, unpaid, or due for payment.
Idioms:
owing to, because of; as a result of.
[1325–75]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.owing - owed as a debtowing - owed as a debt; "outstanding bills"; "the amount still owed"; "undischarged debts"
undischarged, outstanding
unpaid - not paid; "unpaid wages"; "an unpaid bill"
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owing

adjective unpaid, due, outstanding, owed, payable, unsettled, overdue, not discharged There is still some money owing for the rent.
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owing

adjective
Owed as a debt:
due, outstanding, owed, payable, receivable, unpaid, unsettled.
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Translations
مُسْتَحِق الدَّفْع
skyldig
kintlevõség
ógreiddur

owing

[ˈəʊɪŋ]
A. ADJ how much is owing to you now? → ¿cuánto se le debe ahora?
I think an explanation is owing → creo que se debe dar una explicación
B. PREP owing to (= due to) → debido a, a causa de
owing to the bad weather → debido al mal tiempo
it is owing to lack of time → se debe a la falta de tiempo
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owing

adj → unbezahlt; the amount owing on the house → die Schulden, die auf dem Haus liegen; how much is still owing? → wie viel steht noch aus?; a lot of money is owing to me → man schuldet mir viel Geld; the money still owing to us (Comm) → die Außenstände pl; to pay what is owing → den ausstehenden Betrag bezahlen
prep owing to → wegen (+gen or (inf) +dat), → infolge (+gen); owing to the circumstances → umständehalber; owing to his being foreign → weil er Ausländer ist; and it’s all owing to him that we succeeded → und unser Erfolg ist ihm allein zuzuschreiben
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owing

[ˈəʊɪŋ] adj → da pagare
how much is owing to you now? → quanto ti devono (or devo or deve) adesso?
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

owe

(əu) verb
to be in debt to. I owe (him) $10.
ˈowing adjective
still to be paid. There is some money still owing (to us).
owing to
because of. Owing to the rain, the football has been cancelled.
owing to is used to mean `because of': The shop is closed owing to (not due to) the manager's illness .
due to is used to mean `caused by': The accident was believed to be due to his negligence .
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