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.
Ambrose BierceDistance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
Ambrose BierceHAND, n. A singular instrument worn at the end of the human arm and commonly thrust into somebody's pocket.
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