owe

English Thesaurus

1. be in debt (verb.possession)

hypernym	:	be,
definition	:	have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) (verb.stative)

hyponym	:	mortgage,
definition	:	put up as security or collateral (verb.possession)

2. be obliged to pay or repay (verb.possession)

hyponym	:	chalk up, run up,
definition	:	accumulate as a debt (verb.possession)

3. be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense (verb.stative)

hypernym	:	build on, build upon, repose on, rest on,
definition	:	be based on; of theories and claims, for example (verb.stative)