owing
借りがある
解説 Definition
owing は owe（借りている、負っている）の現在分詞に由来し、形容詞として「借りがある、未払いの」という意味です。金銭や義務がまだ残っている状態を表すときに使います。
Owing describes money, payment, or another obligation that remains unpaid or unsettled. It often follows the noun it modifies, as in “the amount owing,” and indicates that the debt is still due to be paid.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
owe の語末 e を落として -ing を付けた形が owing /ˈoʊɪŋ/ です。動詞の現在分詞にもなりますが、形容詞では amount owing、rent owing、money owing のように「まだ支払われていない」を表します。「借りがある人」より、後置修飾で未払いの金額を示す用法が典型的です。due と近いものの、owing は負債が残る点を強調します。
Begin with owe, “to be required to pay or return something.” Drop the final e before adding -ing: owe becomes owing, pronounced /ˈoʊɪŋ/. Although it can be a verb form, the adjective commonly appears after a money noun: “the amount owing,” “rent owing,” or “ten dollars owing.” Imagine checking a bill and seeing a balance that has not yet been cleared. Due can indicate either an obligation or a payment date, while owing focuses on the fact that a debt or unpaid amount still remains.
例文
The amount owing must be paid by Friday.
未払いの金額は金曜日までに支払わなければなりません。
There is still ten dollars owing on the bill.
請求書にはまだ10ドルの未払いがあります。
She checked the rent owing before the end of the month.
彼女は月末前に未払いの家賃を確認しました。
owing の類義語・関連語
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owing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
owing は動詞 owe に -ing が付いた形です。owe は古英語 āgan「所有する」にさかのぼり、own と同根ですが、「持っているもの」から「返すべき負い目がある」へ意味が転じ、借りがあるという感覚になりました。
Owing is formed from owe by dropping the final e and adding -ing. Owe developed from Old English āgan, a verb meaning “to possess or own,” and is historically related to own and ought. Its meaning shifted from possessing something to being under an obligation connected with what was possessed or received, and eventually to having a debt. The adjective owing preserves this later financial and obligatory sense, especially for sums that remain unpaid.
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