¿Qué significa owe en inglés?

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owe Significado & definición

0 to have to pay money back to someone who gave you money in the past -- deber
- You still owe me money.
- He owes about $5,000 to the bank.
1 to have to give something to someone because they deserve it -- deber una disculpa, una explicación, etc. a alguien
- I think I owe you an apology.
2 to be required to pay back money you have borrowed -- deber
- I owe you $20 for the ticket. Te debo 20 dólares por la entrada.
- They haven’t paid back the money they owe. No nos han devuelto el dinero que nos deben.
3 to feel grateful to sb, because they have helped you -- deber
- I owe my parents so much for all the help they gave me. Les debo mucho a mis padres por toda la ayuda que me prestaron.
4 to have a duty to do sth for sb -- deber
- You owe her an apology. Le debes una disculpa.
- We owe it to the rest of the staff to try to make the business work. Le debemos al resto del personal intentar que el negocio funcione.

We owe it to our environment, our health and our descendants to stand firm.
We owe them a great deal of gratitude.
I think that we owe it to them.
There was a ruthless purge of small and weak parties owing allegiance exclusively to their leaders.
We owe it to ourselves to perform this act.
I would stress the need for effective monitoring both of recipients, and of altruistic and voluntary donors, to whom the public cannot fail to owe a debt of gratitude.