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1.                 From The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   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.