Want to use Owed correctly in a sentence? These 20 example sentences show the word in context, together with its meaning and synonyms like owing or receivable.
Owed in a sentence
Owed meaning
simple past and past participle of owe
Synonyms of Owed
Example sentences (20)
Bullets coach Kallisto Pasuwa said they owed the victory to a brilliant second-half after a poor start to the game.
It's predominantly owed assets, little reinvestment, heavy legacy costs is inefficient with high cost operations.
He said full recovery of money owed would have enabled the authority to freeze council tax and not cut services.
But they are owed the smallest piece of what will be the largest dismantling of any Chinese company in history.
It owes the security company, which is based in Preston-on-Wye, £190, while Herefordshire Council is owed £150.
But Walker countered that her ex-boyfriend owed her money which she had loaned him to cover his medical bills.
Good Morning Britain and This Morning star Martin's Money Saving Expert newsletter has helped Sara recoup the owed cash.
He suggested the estimated sum owed was more than 20 million US Dollars or over three billion Jamaica Dollars.
Besse initially claimed she was wrongfully laid off and that her employer owed her $5,000 in unpaid wages and severance pay.
But as soon as the final whistle blew against West Brom he would have owed Prince Abdullah a further £35m.
Dolabriel Curry-Hurst’s January power bill in Alabama jumped above $700 — more than twice of what she owed the previous year.
It employs about 2,000 unarmed revenue officers who usually make unannounced visits to discuss taxes owed or missing returns.
Mick had gone to collect a debt – he was often called upon to clear drug debts from people who owed money to dangerous people.
Regardless of what happens with the payment pause, there is nearly $1.6 trillion in student debt owed by 44 million Americans.
Instead, she sued Greenberry Smith — twice: Once for wages owed, and again for the theft of her cattle.
About $70 million is still due to hourly paid workers, while $206 million is owed to salaried workers.
It wasn’t until 2014 that the case was settled, which found that she was owed nothing from the estate.
Mr Resnick said it was too early to guess how much money was owed to creditors, or how many apartment owners have been affected.
Councillors were told that an Uber Eats driver in Barrow owed the county council £800 in fines.
In case the credit is more than the taxes owed, taxpayers will get a refund for the difference.
Common combinations with owed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- owed to 40×
- is owed 18×
- owed the 15×
- are owed 14×
- owed by 13×
- was owed 11×
- he owed 11×
- debt owed 9×
- owed money 8×
- taxes owed 7×
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