Arrears Definition

ə-rîrz
noun
An unpaid, overdue debt or an unfulfilled obligation.
American Heritage
Unpaid and overdue debts.
Webster's New World
The state of being behind in fulfilling obligations.
An account in arrears.
American Heritage
Unfinished business, work, etc.
Webster's New World

An unpaid or overdue obligation. A debt.

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Antonyms:
  • prepositionayment
  • early payment

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Arrears

  • in arrears

Origin of Arrears

  • Middle English arrers from arrere behind from Old French arere from Vulgar Latin ad retrō backward Latin ad to ad– Latin retrō behind re- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Arrears Sentence Examples

  • Arrears of land tax to the extent of E.I,245,000 were cancelled.

  • The Arrears Bill also became law.

  • Arrears of debt, for instance, were made recoverable for one year only, instead of the ten years.

  • Meanwhile he wrote demanding arrears of pay, with the threat of resignation if the money were not forthcoming, but the king intimated that the loss of Conway had been due to his negligence, and only sent part of the money.

  • His zeal for the efficient administration of justice caused him, in addition to his other heavy work, to sit during several weeks in the spring of 1921 as a judge of first instance, in order to clear off the enormous arrears in the Divorce Court.

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Words Starting With

AARARR

Words Ending With

SRSARS

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arrears

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