Que signifie owe en anglais?

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owe Signification, définition

0 to be required to pay back money you have borrowed -- devoir
- I owe you $20 for the ticket. Je te dois 20 $ pour le billet.
- They haven’t paid back the money they owe. Ils n’ont pas remboursé l’argent qu’ils doivent.
1 to feel grateful to sb, because they have helped you -- devoir
- I owe my parents so much for all the help they gave me. Je dois tellement à mes parents pour toute l’aide qu’ils m’ont apportée.
2 to have a duty to do sth for sb -- devoir
- You owe her an apology. Tu lui dois des excuses.
- We owe it to the rest of the staff to try to make the business work. Nous devons au reste du personnel d’essayer de faire marcher l’affaire.
3 to be in debt to -- devoir
- I owe (him) $10.

We owe this fundamental quality assurance not only to patients, but also to taxpayers.
It is a duty on the part of we law makers and a right owed to creditor companies.
We likewise owe a duty of solidarity in this area towards developing countries.
We owe this to the victims and those left behind.
We owe that to the people, because it is our duty to alleviate human suffering; it is our ethical duty and it is in our long-term interest.
Companies that consider themselves to be socially responsible owe it to society to reduce to a minimum the negative social and environmental effects of their activities.