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Definition: IOU |
IOUNoun1. An informal debt instrument; representing "I owe you". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Energy | An investor owned utility. A company,owned by stockholders for profit, that provides utility services. Adesignation used to differentiate a utility owned and operated for thebenefit of shareholders from municipally owned and operated utilities andrural electric cooperatives. (references) |
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While it appears as an acronym, it is a homophone for I owe you.
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
IOU | Danish | Ikke obligatoriske udgifter | European Union, Finance |
iou | English | Immediate operation use | N/A |
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Crosswords: IOU |
| English words defined with "IOU": government bond. (references) |
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| "IOU" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "IOU" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 66.67% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Noun (proper) | 33.33% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 15 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
iou | 40 |
iou form | 6 |
coupon iou | 3 |
galaxy iou lyrics one | 3 |
ataris galaxy iou lyrics one | 2 |
greenwood iou lee | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "IOU"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | dëftesë borxhi (debenture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разписка за дълг (debenture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 期票 (promissory note). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | dluhopis (bond, debenture), dlužní úpis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schuldschein (debenture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שטר חוב (bill, promissory note). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | adóslevél (debenture, debenture-bond, note, note of hand, obligation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 借"書 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しゃくようしょ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iouay долговая расписка. (various references) priznanica (quittance, receipt, warrant). (various references) skuldförbindelse. (various references) borç senedi (bill payable, debenture). (various references) giấy nợ (debenture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | constituta, constituti, constitutis, constitutum. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | 2 Kings Chapter 10, Verse 28 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai hfanisen iou ton baal ex israhl |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Delevit itaque Hieu Baal de Israhel |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And so Hieu dyde aweye Baal from Yrael; |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | So Jehu put an end to the worship of Baal in Israel. |
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| Language | 2 Kings Chapter 10, Verse 28 |
| Cebuano | Sa ingon niini giwagtang ni Jehu si Baal sa Israel. |
| Croatian | Tako je Jehu istrijebio Baala iz Izraela. |
| Danish | Således udryddede Jehu Ba'al af Israel. |
| Dutch | Alzo verdelgde Jehu Baal uit Israel. |
| Finnish | Näin Jeehu hävitti Baalin Israelista. |
| French | Jéhu extermina Baal du milieu d`Israël; |
| German | Also vertilgte Jehu den Baal aus Israel; |
| Haitian Creole | Se konsa Jeou fè disparèt sèvis Baal nan peyi Izrayèl la. |
| Hungarian | Így veszté ki Jéhu a Baált Izráelbõl. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Demikianlah Yehu menyapu bersih penyembahan Baal di Israel. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Demikianlah peri dibinasakan Yehu akan Baal dari antara orang Israel. |
| Italian | Ieu fece scomparire Baal da Israele. |
| Korean | 예 후 가 이 와 같 이 이 스 라 엘 중 에 서 " 알 을 멸 하 였 으 나 |
| Maori | Ko te whakamotitanga tenei a Iehu i a Paara i roto i a Iharaira. |
| Norwegian | Således utryddet Jehu Ba'al av Israel. |
| Portuguese | Assim Jeú exterminou de Israel a Baal. |
| Rumanian | Iehu a nimicit pe Baal din mijlocul lui Israel, |
| Swedish | Så utrotade Jehu Baal ur Israel. |
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Derivations | |
Words containing "IOU": abstemious, abstemiously, abstemiousness, abstemiousnesses, abstentious, acrimonious, acrimoniously, acrimoniousness, acrimoniousnesses, adscititious, adventitious, adventitiously, ambitious, ambitiously, ambitiousness, ambitiousnesses, amphibious, amphibiously, amphibiousness, amphibiousnesses, antireligious, anxious, anxiously, anxiousness, anxiousnesses, arsenious, atrabilious, atrabiliousness, atrabiliousnesses, atrocious, atrociously, atrociousness, atrociousnesses, audacious, audaciously, audaciousness, audaciousnesses, auspicious, auspiciously, auspiciousness, auspiciousnesses, autoecious, autoeciously, avaricious, avariciously, avariciousness, avariciousnesses, behaviour, behaviours, bilious, biliously. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "i-o-u" | |
+2 letters: audio, bijou, curio, duomi, fugio, guiro, houri, louie, louis, miaou, oculi, odium, onium, opium, ourie, pious, poilu, quoin, quoit, union. | |
+3 letters: agouti, audios, bijous, bijoux, bougie, bunion, coitus, conium, corium, coulis, cousin, cuboid, curios, dimout, diuron, durion, folium, fucoid, fugios, fusion, giaour, gomuti, gonium, guidon, guiros, houris, inpour, insoul, iodous, ionium, junior, koumis, kouroi, liquor, loculi, louies, miaous, moduli, moujik, moulin, mucoid, muonic, nuncio, odious, odiums, oidium, oilcup, opiums, osmium, ostium, ourari, ourebi, outbid, outdid, outfit, outhit, outing, outlie, outsin, outsit, outvie, outwit, pigout, pilous, podium, poilus, quinoa, quinol, quoins, quoits, rigour, rimous, rubigo, sodium, souari, studio, subito, suitor, toluic, toluid, tufoli, ultimo, uncoil, unions, unipod, unison, upboil, upcoil, utopia, vigour, vinous. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 4F 55 |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. --- ..- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01001111 01010101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I O U |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 004F 0055 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)434955 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, albaner, albán, албанский, albanski, albanac, alban, Arnavut |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgare, bolgár, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, Chinesisch, kínai, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, чешки, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, cseh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, người Séc tiếng Séc |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , nìmec, nìmecký, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , немецкий, germanski, tysk, alman, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | hebraishte, иврит, староеврейски език, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, юдей, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hebrejský, hebrejec, hebrejka, hebrejština, hebräisch, Hebräer, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ヘブライ語 , ヘブライ", еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, musevi, ibranice, ibrani, người Hê-brơ |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, Ungar, "ו 'רי, magyar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, ungrare, macarca, macar, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | japonez, японски език, японци, японски, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japonský, japaner, japanisch, יפ י, japán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japansk, Japonca, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | japonez, японски език, японци, японски, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japonský, japaner, japanisch, יפ י, japán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japansk, Japonca, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, רוסי, orosz, ロシア語 , ロシア", русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ryss, Rusça, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, schwedisch, svéd, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, турски език, турски, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turecký, tureètina, türkisch, טורקי, török, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turkisk, türkçe, türk, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, 越南語 , 越南语, 越南 , vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, vietnami, vietnámi, ベトナ 人 , ベトナ じ", вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, englisch, א 'לית, angol, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
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