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IOUs

IOUs is the plural of IOU.

Meaning of IOU

Noun

IOU (plural IOUs)

  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.

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Questions about IOUs

What is IOUs the plural of?
IOUs is the plural of IOU.

Words near IOUs in the dictionary

  1. Iotts
  2. IOU
  3. IOU1
  4. Iouanalao
  5. Iouliana
  6. IOUs
  7. ioversol
  8. Iovino
  9. Iovinos
  10. IOW
  11. Iowa

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Adapted from Wiktionary: IOUs (page history and authors); IOU (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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