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单词 owing
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owingn.

Brit. /ˈəʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈoʊ(w)ɪŋ/
Forms: see owe v. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: owe v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < owe v. + -ing suffix1. Compare earlier owning n.
1. Possession; ownership. Obsolete.
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society > law > legal possession > [noun]
state1400
owingc1450
possession1535
detention1626
the mind > possession > owning > [noun] > ownership or proprietorship
owingc1450
ownership1583
proprietary1624
dominion1651
my-ness1662
proprietorship1817
mine-ness1920
c1450 in D. Thomson Middle Eng. Grammatical Texts (1984) 182 Tthe [sic] genityf case is gouerned in sixe maners of a noun. By strengthe of owyng, as ‘The lord of thys place is atte London.’
c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) 5 (MED) Remembir the thou art a gentille man..For thou shalt wite that ther be scolis thre, As in owyng not al of oon degre.
2. The action of owe v. 3; obligation to pay, indebtedness. Also: that which is owed, a debt.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [noun]
debtc1290
owinga1500
debtorship1797
indebtedness1828
a1500 tr. Lady Prioress in J. O. Halliwell Select. Minor Poems J. Lydgate (1840) 111 (MED) For owyng of a som of good, Hys beryng ys forbode.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Owynge, or the act of owynge, debitio.
1629 J. Gaule Practique Theories Christs Predict. 109 Cæsar inuades the Fortunes of his Subiects, either to vphold his Honours, or absolue his Owings.
?1680 T. Jordan On Scorta in Muses Melody sig. [ ]8v Scorta (the whore) sayes she'l pay all her owings In the next Term, if God send good her doings.
1839 F. A. Kemble Rec. Later Life I. 235 Being in the mind to pay my owings, I proceed to do so.
1871 R. Browning Balaustion's Adventure in Poet. Wks. (1888–94) XI. 69 I gave thee birth indeed and mastership I' the mansion, brought thee up to boot: there ends My owing.
1902 T. Hardy Poems Past & Present 223 I parted with my small demesne To make my owings good. Heir-looms unpriced I sacrificed, Until debt-free I stood.
1970 D. M. Walker Princ. Sc. Private Law I. li. 882 When the sexennium has run the constitution and resting—owing of the debt must be proved by the writ or oath of the debtor.
2003 Chemist & Druggist (Nexis) 25 Jan. 30 It also allows reports to be compiled on cashflow, shrinkage, owings, dead and excess stock.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

owingadj.

Brit. /ˈəʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈoʊ(w)ɪŋ/
Forms: see owe v. and -ing suffix2; also English regional (Northumberland) 1800s– aan, 1800s– awn; Scottish pre-1700 awying, pre-1700 oun, pre-1700 own, pre-1700 owne, 1800s– aand, 1800s– awn.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: owe v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < owe v. + -ing suffix2.Almost always used predicatively, in finite clauses and postmodifying non-finite clauses.
1. That owes something; bound or under obligation (to do something); indebted or beholden (to a person) (for something). Now Irish English.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > [adjective] > bound or under obligation
indebted?c1225
boundena1400
owingc1400
debtfulc1425
belast1441
beholdena1450
worthy1469
obligate?a1475
subjectc1480
bound1488
debt-bounda1522
obstrict1527
addicted1535
oughting1567
devinct1573
bounded1586
obliged1596
affineda1616
boundant1654
guilty1700
obligated1740
behoven1880
duty-bound1908
due1913
c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. x. 69 Þanne is holi–chirche owyng [v.rr. awynge, awenge; holden; beholdyn; asignet] to helpe hem and saue Fro folies & fynde hem til þei ben wise.
1441 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) V. 152 To all the religious persones apperinge or owinge to appere in the seide convocacione.
1678 S. Pepys Corr. 292 I am greatly owing to your Lordship for your last favour.
1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 13 One Instance..of what this Company is owing for, to the..Thoughtfulness of its Accusers.
1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 205/1 To be owing, to be in debt.
1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 243/2 Owing, in debt.
2.
a. Of a sum of money, etc.: that is yet to be paid or rendered; owed, due (to a person or thing).The origin of this use is obscure, there being no corresponding sense of the verb; it might possibly be reflexive, ‘owing itself’, hence ‘being owed’.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [adjective] > owed
duea1325
debta1340
dettya1387
payable1394
owing1411
debteda1425
oughting1500
outstand1729
outstanding1797
defaulted1857
called1882
1411 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 19 (MED) Whiche somme ys owynge to me to be payd..by..my lady louell.
a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 192 The arreragis of an yerely rent of an hundred shillyngis..owyng vnto the seid Abbesse.
?1532 Tales & Quicke Answeres xliii. sig. Div The yonge manne sayde there was no suche duetye owynge in his fathers name, that he knewe of.
1647 J. Maxwell Test. in W. Fraser Mem. Maxwells of Pollok (1863) I. 338 I nominat and constituit Sir George Maxuell..with full power to him to giue wp inventar of guidis and debtis awand in to me.
1694 E. Phillips tr. J. Milton Lett. of State an. 1656 A considerable Sum of Money owing from certain Portugal Merchants..to several English Merchants, upon the account of Freightage and Demorage.
1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 101 A Neighbour and Acquaintance of mine, having some Money owing to him from a Shopkeeper.
1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. ix. v. 100 She discharged all that was owing for the children.
1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon at Compensation A person who has been sued for a debt, demands that the debt may be compensated with what is owing to him by the creditor.
1868 W. Collins Moonstone III. ii. 277 Not a sixpence of debt was owing on any of them.
1902 W. C. Smith Borland Hall in Poet. Wks. ii. 100 Not even death shall set you free From the honour and duty owing to me.
1958 J. Betjeman in Coll. Poems 292 Conscious but of money owing?
2003 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 28 Feb. 13 I've got no confidence we'll get any money that is owing to us.
b. With indirect object.
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1423–4 Guildhall Let.-bk. in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 106 (MED) He be-hote me þat I shuld haue alle þat was owyng me..And þere..deliuerd me a noble.
1435 Rolls of Parl. IV. 493/1 Certeyn dette which they clayme to be owyng hem by..ye Kyng.
1495–6 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 220 Item, payd to thomas Mundys,..wyche he stoppyth in his hondes in party payment that is owyng hym for nayll, the quitrent that belongyth to owre chyrch.
1538 in W. L. Nash Churchwardens' Acct. Bk. St. Giles, Reading (1851) 56 Md that ther is owyng Thomas Clere which he hathe Accompted for dewe uppon Joure.
1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. v. xviii. 196 At the yeeres ende there is not one penie owing them.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1664 (1955) III. 375 I subscribed to Sir Arthyr Slingsbys loterey, a desperate debt owing me long since.
1705 J. Vanbrugh Confederacy i. 12 I have Two Thousand Pounds owing me, of which I shall never get Ten Shillings.
1838 W. G. Simms Richard Hurdis I. viii. 89 I have some money owing me in that neighbourhood.
a1936 R. Kipling Something of Myself (1937) iv For a while, I found myself with some money owing me for work done, but no funds in hand.
2002 Anglican Jrnl. (Nexis) Sept. Any money not in trust that is forwarded to the diocese will be applied first to their assessment; second, to any debts owing the diocese.
3. owing to.
a. In predicative use: attributable to; derived or arising from; caused by, consequent on.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > attribution or assignment of cause > assignment of cause [phrase] > owing or attributable to
owing toa1625
a1625 J. Fletcher & J. Shirley Night-Walker (1679) v. i. 228 On joyfully, the cure of all our grief, Is owing to this pretty little Thief.
1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 85 Wise Cleobulus death, the Lindian shore, To which his birth was owing, doth deplore.
1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 16 These are the very Exuviæ of Animals, and all owing to the Sea.
1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 173 As to the Notes..they are in a great Measure owing to Mr. Potter.
1760 Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 386 The cohesion cannot be owing to an effluence and affluence of one and the same electrical fluid.
1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 2 The effect is owing to the presence of light.
1858 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1873) II. viii. 582 It is to a knowledge of the laws and relations of things that European civilization is owing.
1895 T. Hardy Jude v. iv. 357 To escape a nominal shame which was owing to the weakness of her character.
1957 F. L. Cross Oxf. Dict. Christian Church 583/2 It was owing to Gregory..that many of these evils were conquered.
1990 Skin Diver Mar. 16/2 The injury is owing to abnormal forces being imposed on the injured joint, bone tendon or ligament.
b. As a compound preposition: in consequence of, on account of, because of.On the relationship between this and due to, see due adj. 9b.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > consequently or as a result [phrase]
unto so micklec1390
per consequencec1395
by suing?a1425
by consequent1489
by relation1565
of consequence1573
by consequence1581
occasion1634
in suit ofa1652
in consequence of1683
owing to1744
in consequence1775
in the wake of1866
1744 Philos. Trans. 1740–41 (Royal Soc.) 41 816 She has a Navel-rupture, owing to the Ignorance of the Man in not applying a proper Bandage.
1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 74 There was a great diversity of sizes in those parts, owing to nature.
1792 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry (1937) I. i. 44 I could see nothing to be ironical about; owing, perhaps, to my not being in the habit of looking for the ridiculous.
1814 W. Scott Waverley I. x. 128 Owing to his natural disposition to study..he had been bred with a view to the bar. View more context for this quotation
1865 J. B. Lightfoot Comm. Gal. (1874) 151 This rendering obtained currency..owing to the untoward circumstances of the times.
1920 R. Macaulay Potterism i. iii. 32 Owing to the helpful influence of Mr. Potter..Jane obtained a quite good post.
1974 D. M. Jones Sleeping Lord 70 It chances also that owing to its subject matter it contains a number of words..in Welsh.
2002 G. Mccafferty They had no Choice xlvii. 212 The aircraft was landing elsewhere owing to bad visibility and strong headwind.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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