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in arrears

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Idioms and Phrases

Late or behind, especially in payment of money. For example, He's been in arrears on his rent so often that he may be evicted . [First half of 1600s]

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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.

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The average household in arrears owes more than £1,500 for electricity and £1,300 for gas.

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Her relationship with her boyfriend has ended and her mortgage is in arrears.

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State assistance is available to qualified homeowners who’ve missed at least two mortgage payments by Feb. 1 and are still in arrears, or who’ve missed at least one property tax payment by Feb. 1.

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Buy-to-let mortgages in arrears more than doubled in the final three months of 2023 compared to the same period the year before.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

in arms inarticulate

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