"owed" in the verb sense
1. owe
be obliged to pay or repay
2. owe
be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense
"This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory"
3. owe
be in debt
"She owes me $200"
"I still owe for the car"
"The thesis owes much to his adviser"
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