OWE, v. To have (and to hold) a debt. The word formerly signified not …

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OWE, v. To have (and to hold) a debt. The word formerly signified not indebtedness, but possession; it meant own, and in the minds of debtors there is still a good deal of confusion between assets and liabilities. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.177, University of Georgia Press
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