Owing

adj. unpaid, due; attributable to; because of

v. be indebted to; be under obligation to pay or repay; feel that a certain thing is deserved; have an emotion or attitude toward someone or something

Adjective
1. owed as a debt; "outstanding bills"; "the amount still owed"; "undischarged debts"
(synonym) outstanding, owed, owing(p), undischarged
(similar) unpaid
2. owed as a debt; "must pay what is owing"; "sleep owing to you because of a long vigil"
(synonym) owing(p)
(similar) due, owed

Verb
1. be obliged to pay or repay
(hyponym) chalk up, run up
2. be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense; "This new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory"
(hypernym) repose on, rest on, build on, build upon
3. be in debt; "She owes me $200"; "The thesis owes much to his adviser"
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) mortgage

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Owe
  

(P. p. & a.)
Had or held under obligation of paying; due.
  

(P. p. & a.)
Had or experienced as a consequence, result, issue, etc.; ascribable; -- with to; as, misfortunes are often owing to vices; his failure was owing to speculations.
  

Something unpaid. A debt, for example, is owing while it is unpaid and whether it be due or not.

In affidavits to hold to bail it is usual to state that the debt on which the action is founded is due, owing and unpaid.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.

being; forgetting; owing