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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
/ əˈ°ùɪə³ú /
noun
- Also calledarrearageəˈrɪərɪdʒ sometimes singular something outstanding or owed
- in arrears or in arrearlate in paying a debt or meeting an obligation
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²¹°ù·°ù±ð²¹°ù·²¹²µ±ð noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog 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
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.
The average household in arrears owes more than £1,500 for electricity and £1,300 for gas.
Her relationship with her boyfriend has ended and her mortgage is in arrears.
The FCA said Moneybarn had "failed to allow customers the ability to clear their arrears over a realistic and sustainable period".
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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