The word "owes" is correct and usable in written English.
It is a verb meaning to be under an obligation to give somebody something because of a debt or agreement. For example: "She owes me $50 for the book I lent her".
Fabio Capello believes the World Cup owes England a debt of gratitude for the gift of goalline technology and has said only Fifa had to change, not himself, after his team's dismal exit from the 2010 finals.
While it is uncommon for divorced men to send flowers to an ex-wife, Newt owes the former Mrs Gingrich a big "thank you" after her strategically-timed interview with ABC, intended to ruin his candidacy, backfired.
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A new burlesque played at the Court Theatre on Wednesday night owes an attraction, which is said to have been cordially appreciated by the audience, to the circumstance of its including vivid caricatures of Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Lowe, and Mr. Ayrton among the characters represented.
Greece owes money to the IMF, the European Central Bank and the EU following its two bailouts in 2010 and 2012.
Greece owes money to the IMF, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European commission following two bailouts totalling €240bn in 2010 and 2012.
Though Shirley Williams and Simon Hughes have voiced concern about his performances at prime minister's questions, this haste owes most to withdrawal symptoms among the party's anoraks and canny punters since Sir Menzies's victory in March.
He feels that he owes the manager, Arsène Wenger, for helping him through an error-strewn and injury-curtailed first season and he is ready to extend his contract beyond June 2015.
As Cauchetier stands in his apartment, he says he owes his whole career to his kitchen window.
The biggest animation opening weekend in the history of Universal Pictures owes much to Chris Meledandri, head of the studio-owned Illumination Entertainment.
Boehner's tenacity owes far more to the institutional structures of the modern Republican party than it does to the clownishness of his would-be deposers, even though it is incredibly tempting to chalk it up to that alone.
