iou (= i owe you); a bill signed in acknowledgement of debt
Example Sentences:
1.
He gave us an i . o . u . in lieu of cash 他以一张欠条代替现金付给我们。
2.
He gave us an i . o . u . in lieu of cash 他以一张欠条代替现金付给我们
3.
That is what happened at the start of this week as money - market funds sold these ious , causing rates to spike as never before ( see chart ) 这就是本周发生的事，当货币市场基金卖出这些欠条，使得利率出现从未有的陡涨（见图） 。
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Under the pwio , employees who are owed wages , wages in lieu of notice and severance payments by their insolvent employers may apply for ex gratia payments from the fund 根据《破欠条例》的规定，遭无力偿债雇主拖欠工资、代通知金和遣散费的雇员可向基金申请特惠款项。
5.
Current each medium dollar , it is bill signed in acknowledgement of debt of a piece of debt , each pieces of iou is in in each days generation debt interest , and it is benefit rolls benefit ground to increasing 流通中的每一个美元，都是一张债务欠条，每一张欠条在每一天里都在产生债务利息，而且是利滚利地增加着。
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The protection of wages on insolvency ordinance ( pwio ) , which came into effect on 19 april 1985 , provides for the establishment of the protection of wages on insolvency fund board to administer the fund and empowers the commissioner for labour to make ex gratia payments from the fund to employees whose employers have become insolvent 《破产欠薪保障条例》 （下称《破欠条例》 ）于一九八五年四月十九日生效，规定设立破产欠薪保障基金委员会来管理基金，并授权劳工处处长在雇主无力偿债时，从基金发放特惠款项给雇员。
