{ "IOU":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a paper that has on it the letters IOU, a stated sum, and a signature and that is given as an acknowledgment of debt":[], ": debt , obligation":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cc\u012b-\u014d-\u02c8y\u00fc", "\u02cc\u012b-(\u02cc)\u014d-\u02c8y\u00fc" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "I don't have any cash, so I'll have to give you an IOU ." ], "history_and_etymology":{ "from the pronunciation of I owe you":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1795, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-205551" } }