owe sb sth/owe sth to sb I owe him £5.1
We owe a lot of money to the bank. owe money/$50 etc The business collapsed, owing $50 million.
owe sb sth for sth They still owe us money for the car.
be in debt /bi: in 'det if you are in debt,
you owe a lot of money and you have difficulty paying it: The helpline offers
financial advice to people who are in debt.
get into debt (=start being in debt) We got into debt when my wife lost her job. be £1000/S2000 etc in debt (=owe that amount) The report showed that most students were over £1000 in debt. be heavily in debt (=owe a very large amount of money) Seuera/ companies were heavily in debt by the end of the
1980s.
be overdrawn /bi: ,3ov3r'dr;>:n/ to owe
money to your bank because you have spent more than you had in your bank account: I was overdrawn at the end of last month.
be $100/Ј200 etc overdrawn The bank wrote to tell us we were $500 overdrawn.
be in the red /bi: in Лэ 'red/ informal if you are in the red, you owe more
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money than you have: I'm always in the red by the middle of the month. be £100/1500 etc in the red (=owe that amount) At the end of the war, Britain was about $50 million in the red.
money that you owe
debt det [n C/U] money that you owe, especially a large amount: Debt is one of the main social problems of our time. + of The government now has debts of $2.5 billion.
pay off a debt (=pay all the money that you owe) It took us three years to pay off all our debts.
overdraft /'wv3rdra;ft||-dr;eft/ fn C] an amount of money that you owe to your bank when you have spent more money than you had in your bank account: I've already got an enormous overdraft, a £100/$ 1500 etc overdraft When he left college, he had a $3000 overdraft.
to not owe any money
be in credit bi; in kred^t/ if your bank account is in credit, there is money in it. and you do not owe the bank anything: We offer free banking for customers whose accounts remain in credit.
OWN
if you mean 'on your own', go to
alone
see also have/not have, get
to own something
own ,'эоп/ [и T] if you own something,
especially something big like a house, a car, or a company, it is your property and you have the legal right to have it: We don't own the apartment, we're just renting it. I Clark owns about 40 companies in northern Europe. I The horse is owned by an Italian businessman.
Don't say 'I am owning this house'. Say I own this house.
have (also have got especially British) haev, hsv gDt||-ga:t/ [и T] to own something, especially something that ordinary people are likely to own: What kind of car has she got? I We don't have a TV. I How many of your students have a computer?
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having - had - have had
Don't say 'he is having a car'. Say he has a car
be mine/yours/John's etc /bi:
(mine, etc)/ if something is mine, yours,
John's etc, it belongs to me, you. John etc; Sorry! I didn't know it was yours. I "Whose bike is that?" It's Martin's."
possess /ps'zes/ [u T] FORMAL to own something - use this especially in negative sentences to say that someone does not own something that most people own: Very few families in this area possess a telephone. I He never wore a suit - I don't think he possessed one. ! They lost everything they possessed in the earthquake.
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Don't say 'everything that they are possessing'. Say everything that they
possess.
belong to sb bi'loij tu: (sb)l|-b:i]-'
[phrasa/ verb T] if something belongs to someone, they own it: This watch belonged to my grandfather. I Who does that Walkman belong to?
A Don't say 'the bag is belonging to her'. Say the bag belongs to her.
my own/your own etc mai 'эип, jar
эоп (etc), if something is your own, it belongs to you and not anyone else: You can rent skis or you can bring your own. I Joe left the company to set up his ourn business.
a room/car/house etc of your own When we move to the new house, I'm going to have a room of my own.
the person who owns something
owner |'эопэг: [n C] the person who owns something: The previous owner painted the outside of the house yellow. + of The owners of the company live abroad.
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Home/car/dog etc owner Car owners are /acing a 10% rise in the price of
landlord/Landlady /'laendb^d, l<end-
leidi/ [n CI someone who owns a building and is paid money by the people who live in it or use it: Our landlord has promised to fix the heating by Tuesday.
plural landladies
the things that someone owns
property /'ргорэгп|'рга:-/ [n U| things that
someone owns, especially large, expensive things such as buildings, land, or cars: The boys have been charged with damaging school property. 1 Some of the stolen property was discovered in an empty warehouse.
As Don't say 'properties' when you mean the things that someone owns.
possessions /ps'zepnz/ [n plural] all the
things that a person owns, which they keep in their home or carry with them-. They lost all their possessions in the floods. I This book is one of my most treasured possessions.
Qt/lings /Oiqz/ [n plural) spoken things such as clothes, records, and books that you own: She a/tuays leaves her things