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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
/ əˈrɪəz /
noun
- Also calledarrearageəˈrɪərɪdʒ sometimes singular something outstanding or owed
- in arrears or in arrearlate in paying a debt or meeting an obligation
Other Words From
- ar·rear·age 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
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".
"Mortgage arrears, people struggling with their mortgages, have actually been declining again since December," he told the BBC.
She added that Ms Winham had previously been subject to an eviction warrant in April 2014 after getting into rent arrears of £1,579 after she had stopped claiming housing benefit.
The landlord will still be able to reclaim the property for other reasons, external, such as rent arrears or criminal behaviour.
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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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