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arrears
[ uh-reerz ]
plural noun
- the state of being behind or late, especially in the fulfillment of a duty, promise, obligation, or the like:
Many homeowners have fallen into arrears.
- Sometimes arrear. something overdue in payment; a debt that remains unpaid:
Those countries that have paid their arrears may be granted additional loans.
arrears
/ əˈɪə /
noun
- Also calledarrearageəˈrɪərɪdʒ sometimes singular something outstanding or owed
- in arrears or in arrearlate in paying a debt or meeting an obligation
Other Word Forms
- ·· noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of arrears1
Idioms and Phrases
- in arrears, behind or late, especially in payment: Also Chiefly Law, in arrear.
She was three months in arrears on her mortgage and credit card payments.
More idioms and phrases containing arrears
see in arrears .Example Sentences
A missed black off the spot cost Wells the chance to reduce his arrears in the final frame of the session, with Murphy taking advantage with a break of 89.
Recent analysis for the department found that when those alerts were investigated, 28% of cases resulted in no change, while 5% resulted in arrears being paid to carers, and 67% identified overpayments.
"One of our commitments as we try to reform the Zimbabwe economy, to clear our arrears, is really to compensate the former farm owners who lost their farms during the land reform programme," he said.
Thirteen years later he’s paid off most of his arrears and saved enough to buy a hot dog cart and taxi cab that his now-adult children manage back home.
One option for energy crisis arrears could be debt-matching - that would see customers repay some of the debt, with energy firms writing off an equal amount.
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