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Willing to finish in debt (8)

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I believe the answer is:

endowing

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'willing' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with ownership as well as being present participle verbs.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'finish in debt' is the wordplay.
'finish' becomes 'end' (synonyms).
'in debt' becomes 'owing' (I've seen this before).
'end'+'owing'='ENDOWING'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for endowing that I've seen before include "Presenting" , "Making donations" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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