The opposite of 'owe'?

[Mehrgan]

Hi all,

May I know if there's any verb opposite of 'owe'? (Or, how would you fill the blank below?)

You owe me a lot of money. = I _________ you a lot of money.

 

[Nicklexoxo]

Hello.
I am not a native speaker.

I would say "lend deposit"

You owe me a lot of money = I lend deposite you a lot of money.

Maybe it sounds unnatural or it's wrong, I just want to help.
Nickle.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Hi all,

May I know if there's any verb opposite of 'owe'? (Or, how would you fill the blank below?)

You owe me a lot of money. = I _________ you a lot of money.

In that one single blank, I would use "lent". But there are many other ways that a person can incur a debt.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Hello.
I am not a native speaker.

I would say "lend deposit"

You owe me a lot of money = I lend deposite you a lot of money.

Maybe it sounds unnatural or it's wrong, I just want to help.
Nickle.

"I lend deposit you a lot of money" is not correct.

 

[emsr2d2]

"I lend deposit you a lot of money" is not correct.

It's not just not correct, it's not even close.

 

[emsr2d2]

Hello.
I am not a native speaker.

I would say "lend deposit"​.

You owe me a lot of money = I lend [strike]deposite[/strike] you a lot of money.

Maybe it sounds unnatural or it's wrong, I just want to help.
Nickle.

Nicklexoxo, it's nice of you to try to help and you do at least put "I am not a native speaker" at the beginning of your posts. However, your recent suggestions have been entirely incorrect. Please concentrate on your own English before trying to help other people.

 

[Mehrgan]

In that one single blank, I would use "lent". But there are many other ways that a person can incur a debt.

Thanks for the reply. How is this concept commonly expressed in both Formal and Informal contexts? Once you're saying this to a friend, and sometime you're writing to some office claiming that, say a company owes you this much money. I would really appreciate it if you could help me with this.

 

[emsr2d2]

It depends on how the debt was built up.

If you lent your friend £10 a month ago, then she still owes you £10.
If you overpaid a company by £10 somehow, then they owe you £10.

In both cases, you are owed £10.

 

[Rover_KE]

It depends on how the debt was built up.

If you lent your friend £10 a month ago, then she still owes you £10.
If you overpaid a company by £10 somehow, then they owe you £10.

In both cases, you are owed £10.

I agree, and that's both formal and informal.

 

[Raymott]

Hi all,

May I know if there's any verb opposite of 'owe'? (Or, how would you fill the blank below?)

You owe me a lot of money. = I _________ you a lot of money.

I'm not sure there's an actual antonym. But you can make it passive.
"The company owes me a lot of money" = "I am owed a lot of money by the company."