Definitions for owing

owing ow·ing

Spelling: [oh-ing]
IPA: /ˈoʊ ɪŋ/

Owing is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 46 anagrams from letters in owing (ginow).

Definitions for owing

Idioms

  1. owing to, because of; as a result of:

adjective

  1. owed, unpaid, or due for payment:

verb (used with object)

  1. to be under obligation to pay or repay:
  2. to be in debt to:
  3. to be indebted (to) as the cause or source of:
  4. to have or bear (a feeling or attitude) toward someone or something:
  5. Obsolete. to possess; own.

verb (used without object)

  1. to be in debt:

Origin of owing

Middle English word dating back to 1325-75; See origin at owe, -ing2

Examples for owing

owing to a citizen protest, which moved the issue to district court, the vote has been postponed to April 2014.

It was unfortunate as to time, owing to the condition of affairs in Italy.

Made rather a late start, owing to some of the horses straying.

The Soviets stopped setting off nukes at Nova Zembla after that, owing to international pressure.

The Causses, owing to their isolated position, may be said to have escaped a history.

owing to its popularity as a pet, it has spread across the Pacific to China.

But, if I do not ask, they may allege, that my not going is owing to myself.

Bloody as it is, Penny Dreadful is also rather beautiful, owing to some spectacular set design and spot-on horror imagery.

But owing to another experimental vaccine he received, its impossible to say whether the blood is what saved him.

The office had been closed, owing to a death, and Palmer was in possession of a holiday.

Word Value for owing
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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