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owings

owings noun: that which is owed; debt.

Noun

owings pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, rare) That which is owed; debt.
    • I've heard of people, they have to work the rest of their lives and don't ever get out of debt. Then it's left up to the offspring to work off the owings.2010, Don Ballew, Clear Creek: The Moon and Yellowtail, page 98

Proper noun capitalized: Owings

Owings (countable and uncountable, plural Owingses)

  1. A surname.
  2. A census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States.

Forms of owings

pluralOwingses

Origin of owings

Variant of Owens.

Words formed from owings

Questions about owings

What does owings mean?
Owings means that which is owed; debt.
What part of speech is owings?
Owings can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near owings in the dictionary

  1. OWIN
  2. owing
  3. owing it to oneself
  4. owing out
  5. owing to
  6. owings
  7. Owingses
  8. Owingsville
  9. OWIs
  10. owl
  11. owl bus

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