Meaning

1 senses
  1. An informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument.

    When David couldn’t afford to match the money in the poker pot, he added an IOU for the remaining amount instead.

    Schuldanerkenntnis, Schuldanerkennung

    распискаraspiska

    an informal debt instrument; representing ‘I owe you’

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument:

Origin

From the pronunciation of "I owe you". Attested since at least 1618.

From the pronunciation of "I owe you". Attested since at least 1618.

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Forms

plural: IOUs
SingularIOU
PluralIOUs

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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