Promises to pay

The answer

IOUS

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IOUS answer page.

Used 21 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• BANKNOTES (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for IOUS

Every other clue in this collection answered by IOUS, most used first.

• Markers - used 53 times, most recently in 2024
• Chits - used 40 times, most recently in 2024
• Debtors' notes - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Promissory notes - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Debtors' letters - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Promises of repayment - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Debt slips - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Short notes? - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Debt notes - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Debtor's notes - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "Promise to pay" notes - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Pay to play - ANTE, used 214 times
• Pay attention to - HEED, used 130 times
• Pay (up) - ANTE, used 59 times
• Hourly pay - WAGE, used 49 times
• "Pay ___ mind" - ITNO, used 45 times
• Pay attention - HEED, used 38 times

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