Definition of Owe

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OWE verb

	To have (and to hold) a debt. The word formerly signified not indebtedness, but possession; it meant 'own,' and in the minds of debtors there is still a good deal of confusion between assets and liabilities.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

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