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    [Noun]  | "ar*rear" | \ ə-ˈrir \


    1: the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations —usually used in plural

    2: an unfinished duty —usually used in plural

    3: an unpaid and overdue debt —usually used in plural


    Origin: 1586 ;

     Middle English, in plural arrers, arrears "balance due, unpaid debt," borrowed from Anglo-French arere, arrere (also sometimes in plural) "state of being behind in payment," noun derivative of arere, ariere, adverb, "back, backward, behind" (also continental Old French), going back to Vulgar Latin *ad retrō, from Latin ad "to, toward" + retrō "toward the rear, in the rear, behind" {mat|at:1|}, {mat|retro-|};

    [Idiom]  | "in arrears with" 


    1: behind in (making payments that have come due)

    [Plural noun]  | "arrears" 


    1: something (as money) which is owed;


      * e.g., " ... since it lost the discrimination lawsuit, the employer will have to pay the worker all arrears in salary "



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     [ "arrears" ]

    1:  rookstahnday

      * e.g.,  ... they may eat arrears. 


     [ "arrears" ]

    2:  feces


     [ "arrears" ]

    3:  the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations -- usually used in plural


     [ "arrears" ]

    4:  an unfinished duty -- usually used in plural

     [ "Arrears" ]

    1: A legal term for the part of a debt that is overdue after missing a required payment(s). The term is usually used in relation with periodically recurring payments such as rent, bills, royalties, and child support.

      * e.g.,  ... - He ran into difficulties with his mortgage, building up more than $9,000 in arrears. 

     [ "career in arrear" ]

    1: a career that is yet to get developed or that is in the making.

      * e.g.,  ... After passing the exam, he got a job in a bank. However, he still has a career in arrear. 

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