IOU

Example Sentences

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Essentially, you borrow from the account and create an IOU to yourself.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 14, 2026

If the players acknowledge the worth of the IOU and its holder bets it as if it were cash, it must be accepted at face value by the pot’s winner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

If the IOU isn’t redeemed in good time, the players have a problem.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

While that may be technically correct, the £1.68bn value is based on an IOU that is ultimately backed up by Severn Trent Water itself.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2024

He’ll know something’s up in the same way he always knows which customer is going to shoplift or who’s good for an IOU and who’s not.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon