Owe vs Payback - What's the difference?
owe | payback |
To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.
*1854 , Dickens, Hard Times , Chapter 7:
*:He inherited a fair fortune from his uncle, but owed it all before he came into it, and spent it twice over immediately afterwards.
To have debt, to be in debt.
(uncountable) An act of revenge.
(countable) A form of recompense.
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As a verb owe
is to be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.As a noun payback is
an act of revenge.owe
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Verb
(ow)Usage notes
* The original past tense form was ought, which during Middle English began to be used with indefinite signification and has become a distinct verb. The original past participle has become the adjective own.Anagrams
*payback
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(wikipedia payback)Noun
(en-noun)- They beat us last year, so this year's win was payback .