OWED Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

owed

adjective

as in unpaid

not yet paid finally paid the owed amount

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Traditional credit monitoring generally will not detect the misuse itself, although unpaid debts could eventually create other financial complications.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
The idea is to let an assistant check connected accounts for tasks such as unpaid invoices and draft reminders without waiting for a prompt, so users spend less time figuring out what to ask for.

— Wen Shao, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

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Highfill maintains a covenant requiring utility rates to generate net revenues equal to at least 110% of maximum annual debt service on outstanding system bonds.

— Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
The debt reflects the principal amount outstanding under convertible notes Anthropic issued to Amazon starting in 2023, according to the lab's prospectus.

— Ashley Capoot,Jordan Novet,Annie Palmer,Lora Kolodny,Kai Nicol-Schwarz,Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026

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