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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
arrears/əˈrɪəz/
▶plural noun payments or debts that are outstanding and due.
– phrases
in arrears (also chiefly Law in arrear)
in arrears (also chiefly Law in arrear)
- 1 behind with paying money that is owed.
■ (of wages or rent) paid at the end of each period of work or occupation.
- 2 (of a competitor in a race) falling behind others.
– derivatives
arrearage noun.
arrearage noun.
– origin ME: from arrear (adv.) ‘behind, overdue’, from OFr. arere, from med. L. adretro, from ad- ‘towards’ + retro ‘backwards’.
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