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IOTA

/aɪˈoʊtə/

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What does IOTA mean?

noun

  1. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (Ι, ι).
  2. The Latin letter Ɩ (minuscule: ɩ).
  3. A jot; a very small, insignificant quantity.
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. A bank account that earns interest and pays it to a third party, generally a charity; the principal is typically being held in escrow by the accountholder.

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IPA pronunciation

/aɪˈoʊtə/

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Of business ability, Burton had never possessed one iota, and his private affairs were constantly mis-managed.
Thomas WrightThe Life of Sir Richard BurtonProject Gutenberg ebook #4315
She was growing a little stout, but it did not seem to detract an iota from the grace of every step, pose, gesture.
Kate ChopinThe Awakening, and Selected Short StoriesProject Gutenberg ebook #160
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Philip would have seen every soul in Europe consigned to eternal perdition before he would have yielded up an iota of his claims to universal dominion.
John FiskeThe Unseen World, and Other EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #1486
To even his best friends he offered all sorts of fabulous tales which one iota of forethought would have made him realize would redound to his disadvantage.
William Healy; Mary Tenney HealyPathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forensic PsychologyProject Gutenberg ebook #449
All day, the bar being closed, he brooded alone, shut out from home, from the excitement of his resort, from Carrie, and without the ability to alter his condition one iota.
Theodore DreiserSister Carrie: A NovelProject Gutenberg ebook #233