Ōw'ing, p. a.
p. a. [This is used in a passive form, contrary to analogy, for owen or owed. But the use is inveterately established.]
Sense 1. Required by moral obligation to be paid; due; as, the money owing to a laborer for services, or to another country for goods.
Sense 2. Ascribable, as to a cause; consequential; as, misfortunes are often owing to vices or miscalculations.
Sense 3. Imputable, as to an agent; as, his recovery from sickness is owing less to his physician than to the strength of his constitution.