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{
"etymology_text": "From the pronunciation of \"I owe you\". Attested since at least 1618.",
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},
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],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Customarily, if you borrow $10 for lunch from a coworker, writing IOU $10 on a yellow sticky note acts as a legal promissory note that you will repay said amount on payday."
}
],
"glosses": [
"I owe you."
],
"id": "en-IOU-en-phrase-6biiyWTx",
"links": [
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"owe",
"owe"
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]
}
],
"word": "IOU"
}
{
"etymology_text": "From the pronunciation of \"I owe you\". Attested since at least 1618.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "IOUs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "IOU (plural IOUs)",
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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],
"examples": [
{
"text": "When David couldn’t afford to match the money in the poker pot, he added an IOU for the remaining amount instead."
}
],
"glosses": [
"An informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument."
],
"id": "en-IOU-en-noun-ViTTek2l",
"links": [
[
"promissory note",
"promissory note"
],
[
"negotiable instrument",
"negotiable instrument"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "skylderklæring"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "schulderkenning"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "schuldbekentenis"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"word": "velkakirja"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "reconnaissance de dette"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schuldanerkenntnis"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schuldanerkennung"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "yposchetikí",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "υποσχετική"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "riconoscimento di debito"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shakuyousho",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"word": "借用書"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "syngrapha"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schultbewiess"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kwit dłużny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skrypt dłużny"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "renconuschientscha dal debit"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "raspiska",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "расписка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "reconocimiento de deuda"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "enkelt skuldebrev"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dylednod"
}
]
}
],
"word": "IOU"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English phrases"
],
"etymology_text": "From the pronunciation of \"I owe you\". Attested since at least 1618.",
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},
"expansion": "IOU",
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],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Customarily, if you borrow $10 for lunch from a coworker, writing IOU $10 on a yellow sticky note acts as a legal promissory note that you will repay said amount on payday."
}
],
"glosses": [
"I owe you."
],
"links": [
[
"owe",
"owe"
]
]
}
],
"word": "IOU"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English phrases"
],
"etymology_text": "From the pronunciation of \"I owe you\". Attested since at least 1618.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "IOUs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "IOU (plural IOUs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "When David couldn’t afford to match the money in the poker pot, he added an IOU for the remaining amount instead."
}
],
"glosses": [
"An informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument."
],
"links": [
[
"promissory note",
"promissory note"
],
[
"negotiable instrument",
"negotiable instrument"
]
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "skylderklæring"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "schulderkenning"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "schuldbekentenis"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"word": "velkakirja"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "reconnaissance de dette"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schuldanerkenntnis"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schuldanerkennung"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "yposchetikí",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "υποσχετική"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "riconoscimento di debito"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shakuyousho",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"word": "借用書"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "syngrapha"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schultbewiess"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kwit dłużny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skrypt dłużny"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "renconuschientscha dal debit"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "raspiska",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "расписка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "reconocimiento de deuda"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "enkelt skuldebrev"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "informal promissory note that is not a negotiable instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dylednod"
}
],
"word": "IOU"
}
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