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owe

v. to have a legal duty to pay funds to another. However, to owe does not make the amount "payable" if the date for payment has not yet arrived. (See: debt, due, payable)

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Generally, a husband and wife owe one another duties of mutual respect, fidelity and support.

Saying "I do" to fiduciary responsibility

It is to her, perhaps, that we owe one the book's major contributions: its emphasis on organization of the entertainment process.

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This clause, which echoes Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, potentially goes further than the mutual solidarity the Member States owe one another under draft Article I-39@5.

GENERAL AFFAIRS & EXTERNAL RELATIONS COUNCIL: MINISTERS GEAR UP FOR SEPTEMBER 5-6 "GYMNICH" INFORMAL

An adulterous politician may owe an apology to his wife, but unless the adulterous activities were carried on during Cabinet meetings or with the heads of foreign states, he does not owe one to his constituents.

Sex happens

At the close of the twentieth century, we owe one of its greatest writers the respect he is due.

The Critical Response to Richard Wright

rightly notes that three ecclesial tenets promoted the equality of women and men within marriage: the canonical claim that mutual free consent constitutes marriage, the Pauline doctrine that both husband and wife owe one another the marital debt, and the view that conception happens only when women are filled with sexual desire and contribute their own seed.

The Language of Sex: Five Voices from Northern France Around 1200

"It's just a pity I owe one of the big four bookmakers pounds 95,000 of it.

Still in search of Leonard Cohen's wild card

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