owing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb be obliged to pay or repay
    owe.
  2. verb be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense
    owe.
    • This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory
  3. verb be in debt
    owe.
    • She owes me $200
    • I still owe for the car
    • The thesis owes much to his adviser
  4. adjective satellite owed as a debt
    undischarged; outstanding.
    • outstanding bills
    • the amount still owed
    • undischarged debts

WordNet

Ow`ing past participle & adjective
Etymology
Used in a passive sense for owed (AS. agen. See Own).
Definitions
  1. Had or held under obligation of paying; due.
    There is more owing her than is paid. Shak.
  2. Had or experienced as a consequence, result, issue, etc.; ascribable; -- with to; as, misfortunes are often owing to vices; his failure was owing to speculations.

Webster 1913