When You Owing Someone?

The adjective beholden describes owing someone for something the person did to help you — it's your duty to repay the person. If your army buddy saves your life, you're beholden to help him when he gets injured. Being beholden to someone means more than just feeling like you owe someone for a small favor.

What does it mean to owe someone?

: to need to pay or repay money to a person, bank, business, etc. : to need to do or give something to someone who has done something for you or given something to you. —used to say that something should be done for or given to someone. See the full definition for owe in the English Language Learners Dictionary.

When you owe someone they are called this?

if you owe someone money, you have to give them a particular amount of money because you have bought something from them or have borrowed money from them. Money that you owe is called a debt.