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were owed
verb
To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.
Exact(60)
They believed they were owed everything.
Lesser amounts were owed in income taxes.
This undocumented worker and her husband were owed $11,000.
If goals were owed him, he pressed his claim vigorously.
(Canada's Scotiabank and other creditors were owed some $136 million).
Almost 240 workers made redundant days before the company collapse were owed $16m and the remaining 550 staff were owed another $14.8m in unpaid entitlements.
Of this amount, Mr. Brennan and the Mitchell estate said they were owed 40percentt.
The funds were owed to OneWest for loans the bank had made to Relativity.
The management company filed for bankruptcy after disgruntled shareholders sued for rents they were owed.
She said that survivors of abuse were owed a sense that their concerns were being pursued.
He never saw the millions of dollars that were owed to him, federal prosecutors say.
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