The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - owe v.

1) be in debt to, be indebted to, be beholden to: It must be a good feeling not to owe anyone any money at all. 2) owing to. because of, on account of, thanks to; through, as a result of, resulting from, Colloq due to: Owing to my schedule, I cannot stay the night. The higher tides are owing to the positions of the sun and moon.