Ona senin bana borçlu olduğundan çok daha fazlasını ben sana borçluyum dedim. Sana nişanlımın hayatını borçluyum, Mary.
- I owe you much more than you owe me, I said to him. I owe you the life of my fiancee, Mary.
Customarily, if you borrow $10 for lunch from a coworker, writing IOU $10 on a yellow sticky note acts as a legal promissory note that you will repay said amount on payday.
When David couldn't afford to match the money in the poker pot, he added an IOU for the remaining amount instead.