OWE

(AS A RESULT) [verb] [T] - to have (success, happiness, a job, etc.) only because of what someone has given you or done for you or because of your own effortsI owe my success to my education. He owes his life to the staff at the hospital.She owes her present position to having worked very hard.To owe someone can also mean to be grateful to them.I owe my parents an enormous amount./I owe an enormous amount to my parents. [+ two objects]