Owed
Owed adjective - Not yet paid.
Up for
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When Albert returns to Ankh-Morpork after 2000 years, an innkeeper hits him up for a fortune in interest on the three copper pieces he'd owed on his bar tab.
Source: Discworld / Mort -
Felix makes up for it by delving into Oscar's records and making the IRS admit that they owed him money — Oscar had neglected to take a deduction for his alimony payments.
Source: Intimidating Revenue Service -
Before the week is out, both the brothers and the hired laborers have looped themselves so many times that a painter claims he's owed two years' pay for Tuesday, and a mason beats himself up for sleeping with his wife.
Source: Send in the Clones
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