iou
汝
Definitions
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- : a written acknowledgment of a debt, especially an informal one consisting only of the letters IOU, the sum owed, and the debtor's signature.
Synonyms & Antonyms
nounpromissory note
Examples
The markets cheered as AIG touted a $35 billion dent on its taxpayer IOU.
She is the author of the bestsellers The Silent Takeover and IOU: The Debt Threat .
This way he had more to eat or to sell for IOU's to collect later.
“Good liquor spilt,” he remarked as he counted the money and drew another IOU for the amount loaned, which was sixty-seven pounds.
Au premier home du precieus lignaige, et au daerrain, ai iou deuise demonstrer mes meruelles.
The evening previous he had lost a thousand dollars, for which he had given his IOU.
It answers to the Welsh au or iau, and the Breton ou or iou.
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