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OWE, v. To have (and to hold) a debt. The word formerly signified not indebtedness, but possession; it meant own, and in the minds of debtors there is still a good deal of confusion between assets and liabilities.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
-- Ambrose Bierce, (Jun 24 1842-1914), US journalist, short-story writer; He was a noted wit, satirist and sardonic short story writer who disappeared while covering the Mexican revolution.

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