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a piece of paper that shows how much money you owe or have paid or gives details of what you have ordered
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a piece of writing written or cut on or in something, especially as a record of an achievement or in order to honour someone
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a piece of paper that you sign to say that you owe someone an amount of money. The letters ‘IOU’ sound like the words ‘I owe you’.
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a short written statement containing information about a particular subject, passed between officials in a government or organization
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a piece of written or spoken information that you send to someone, especially when you cannot speak to them directly
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a document giving the details of your promise to pay someone a particular amount of money by a specific date
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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