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Meanings of owing in English
Synonyms
Examples for "outstanding"
Examples for "outstanding"
1
Another outstanding question is whether banking groups will mount a legal challenge.
2
The company said it has no outstanding debt obligations for this year.
3
This question was one of the outstanding open problems of his day.
4
Not one word on the outstanding legislation the American people actually need.
5
This Normandy house is set in an area of outstanding natural beauty.
1
She owed Sam for years past, and Brock for the past year.
2
Rupert had betrayed me in every possible way; I owed him nothing.
3
All citizens owed an allegiance to their state or sovereign, he said.
4
He said I owed him money, I said I paid him back.
5
The government has for years owed hospitals millions of dollars in arrears.
1
The bullet from the undischarged barrel went crashing into the animal's shoulder.
2
He felt vaguely and yet acutely an undischarged obligation in regard to her.
3
I doubt if there was a pistol save his undischarged, at that time.
4
One, in an undischarged cartridge, still was in the weapon.
5
It's still trying to work, undischarged in the cemetery atmosphere.
Usage of owing in English
1
Unable to work owing to long-term health problems, Ryder receives incapacity benefit.
2
Meanwhile much of north-east China suffered travel disruption owing to blizzard conditions.
3
Some economists expect an economic contraction this year owing to the outbreak.
4
This was particularly the case in Gauteng province, owing to migration patterns.
5
In England three, owing to the difference in the manner of living.
6
The winners will leave this chamber free men, owing not a penny.
7
National guidelines for screening and management vary widely owing to insufficient data.
8
The company went bust in 2001 owing millions of pounds to creditors.
9
Three staff were taken to hospital Thursday owing to excessive radiation levels.
10
No chamber-pot in the room, owing to the negligence of the maid.
11
Results: This study was terminated early owing to high incidence of pneumonitis.
12
Perhaps it is owing to both; for they mutually produce each other.
13
Background: RCTs in surgery are challenging owing to well established methodological issues.
14
To them is owing the sanctification of Sunday in the three kingdoms.
15
The rapid decrease of the Pueblo tribes was owing to several causes.
16
Probably it is owing to some popular expressions in the Constitution itself.
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Owing through the time
Owing across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
South Africa
Common
United States of America
Less common
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