owing

adjective

ow·​ing ˈō-iŋ 

: due to be paid

has bills owing

Synonyms

• outstanding
• overdue
• owed
• payable
• unpaid
• unsettled

Example Sentences

there's one bill still owing

Recent Examples on the Web

But her years in office were marked with both personal tragedy – her son Sanjay died shortly into her second stint – and turbulence, owing, in part, to a war with Pakistan, droughts, famine and an economic crisis. Rhea Mogul, CNN, 19 Oct. 2022

The proposition before this house is the principle of owing reparations ... Nikhil Kumar, CNN, 11 Sep. 2022

And that would mean owing hundreds of dollars for most borrowers. Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2022

As my colleague Shawn Tully described in February, the offering that was eerily similar to the 2000s Conseco insurance disaster, where employees were left owing hundreds of millions of dollars. Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 16 June 2022

But they can still be evicted for other reasons, such as causing a nuisance or owing rent beyond what the assistance covered. Bryce Covert, The New Republic, 5 July 2022

Despite publicly accusing Ver of owing CoinFLEX $47 million in debt, Lamb remains optimistic about the industry overall. Taylor Locke, Fortune, 28 June 2022

This was likely owing, in part, to the lack of a commute into work (even for car commuters, a walk from a parking garage is more steps than rolling out of bed to your kitchen table). Maggie Mertens, The Atlantic, 1 June 2022

Omicron outbreak is also growing more deadly owing in large part to the city’s low elderly vaccination rate. Grady Mcgregor, Fortune, 5 Mar. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing owing

• owing to

• owing to

Kids Definition

owing

adjective

ow·​ing

ˈō-iŋ

: due to be paid : owed

have bills owing

claim no more than is owing