A prediction from this guy is about as dependable as an IOU from the mob.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cheney makes big 2010 prediction] Reference

Campbell's campaign, meanwhile, said the endorsement is nothing more than an "IOU from the 2008 election cycle.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Palin irks her supporters with California endorsement] Reference

AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson said the company was unable to sell commercial paper -- a short-term IOU -- for.    From Wordnik.com.  [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference

If I want to call my IOU in, they have to have cash available.    From Wordnik.com.  [LPUK Policy: Monetary Reform] Reference

They have the POWER to print the money out of thin air and do a soft default to the owners of dollars, also known as IOU's.    From Wordnik.com.  [Financial Sense Newshour] Reference

My "IOU" can be ignored and has no presumption of interchangeability.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Libertarian Values #2 - The Economy] Reference

Or Grameen might forgive first, raising the value of others 'IOU's.    From Wordnik.com.  [Center for Global Development - Latest Updates] Reference

They want to use that "IOU" to make a so-called "credit bid" for the company.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fore, right!] Reference

Rachel pronounces the new acronym "IOU," though I prefer an extended "Eeeeww".    From Wordnik.com.  [AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters] Reference

Simply put, the term "IOU" is more easily understood in the common vernacular than is.    From Wordnik.com.  [AroundTheCapitol.com] Reference

ROMANS: I bet you too, and I'll write it on an IOU.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 19, 2009] Reference

Now, last night a new documentary opened, "IOU USA.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 22, 2008] Reference

We will talk to the soldier about that interesting IOU.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2006] Reference

“We are an IOU manager, not a bank,” Simunovic says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is ThreeJars a good way to teach kids about money?] Reference

An IOU is both a financial instrument and a moral obligation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Richard (RJ) Eskow: Social Security: The "IOU ... Nothin'" Argument Strikes Again] Reference

It's -- obviously, this would be more of an IOU sort of gift.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 23, 2000] Reference

LISS: So this way, if you give an IOU, you can save some money.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 24, 2005] Reference

Sure, you save MPGs, but are you stuck with an IOU in the long run?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 24, 2007] Reference

I don't know if you'd agree, Don that we're sending a lot of IOU '.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 8, 2004] Reference

I went to the fridge, got one out, and again marked the IOU column.    From Wordnik.com.  [Till the Butchers Cut Him Down]

TUCHMAN: We were curious if Chambliss will be paying a political IOU.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 1, 2008] Reference

CHETRY: Yes, exactly, or knit her half a sweater with an IOU on the card.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 21, 2009] Reference

So finally got home, after shopping on an extended IOU at the local deli.    From Wordnik.com.  [partygirl Diary Entry] Reference

So let's tell it like it is: plain and simple, this is an IOU to the NRA.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vp Gore Statement On Assault Weapons Ban Repeal] Reference

'But in the meantime, my old mucker, there's the matter of that IOU of yours.    From Wordnik.com.  [Whispers Of Betrayal]

Well, today at 3: 00 the highly regarded and acclaimed documentary "IOU. S.A.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 11, 2009] Reference

VARGAS: And this distinguished gentleman could call in his IOU this year as you.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 24, 2007] Reference

VARGAS: And this distinguished gentleman could call in his IOU this year as well.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 22, 2007] Reference

Mmm, my favourite song on the album is now playing, the amazing You Owe Me An IOU.    From Wordnik.com.  [spectre12 Diary Entry] Reference

If they don't have money available, they will be allowed to sign what amounts to an IOU.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 17, 2006] Reference

And it's informal money transfer systems using a value system to transfer, an IOU of material.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 30, 2008] Reference

A bond, of course, is just an IOU, a promise to pay back money with interest by certain dates.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recipe for Disaster: The Formula That Killed Wall Street] Reference

Campbell's campaign said Palin's endorsement "now settles the IOU from the 2008 election cycle.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Sarah Palin Endorses Carly Fiorina in California Senate race] Reference

It's wrong to say that a government IOU has no value unless you expect the government to default.    From Wordnik.com.  [Richard (RJ) Eskow: Social Security: The "IOU ... Nothin'" Argument Strikes Again] Reference

But the government takes that money and spends it, and gives the Social Security trust fund an IOU.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 12, 2007] Reference