noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Essentially, a bond is an IOU .
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There was anger among farmers, who were being given IOUs instead of cash for their crops.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A banker's acceptance starts off as a bill of exchange, which is itself a form of IOU .
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As we will discuss later in more depth, bonds are IOUs that pay a specific rate of inter-est.
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But the government could issue IOUs with zero coupons to shareholders.
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Essentially, a bond is an IOU .
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Federal workers have been left with IOUs to fund their retirement years.
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There is no reason why children could not implement their own economies, swapping tokens and IOUs.