Is obliged to

Usage examples of owed.

Little niggles and twinges from her conscience told her that she still owed something to Central Worlds.

In either case, an apology is owed these fine people," and he gestured to the colonists, "for the discourtesies, inconveniences and insults they have suffered.

In a way he owed that to the Decision at Doona, which had brought him to the notice of his superiors.

Many of the others shouted Koberly down, but a few agreed pugnaciously that Wynline owed them an apology.

She owed her life to the sessile Ssli communications officer on her first tour of duty when Hssrho had located her in deep space after she'd had a ‘misadventure’ in an evac pod.

Then, conscious of the fact that he Owed Kenny, he said the magic words.

Someone owed someone else a favor—or else someone wanted something else kept quiet, and this was the price.

Now she was calling in favors owed her in Courier Service, and making her sister feel guilty, so that she could interfere in what should have been left to the normal channels of PTA administration.

Since I didn't get what I asked for last time, I figure I'm still owed a few favors—"

It was stupid of her to get involved again when she had so nearly cut the traces, but she owed the Melange some measure of gratitude, too.

It had meant cancelling half the favors he was owed but, just let him get his hands on that little riot controller and .

Considering how much he owed her, and the Parapsychic Centers, he was willing to spend his whole life trying.

He did not even know if Dorotea, to whom he owed so much, was having a stroke.

Then he remembered that she was also Petra's mount and he owed the Iota Lyons.

Was it the ineptitude of one of those clods to which she owed the flaw in her voice?