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Definition of Arrear
1. adv. To or in the rear; behind; backwards.
2. n. That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part has been paid; arrearage; -- commonly used in the plural, as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes.
Definition of Arrear
1. Adverb. (obsolete) Towards the rear, backwards. (defdate 14th-16th c.) ¹
2. Adverb. (obsolete) Behind time; overdue. (defdate 15th-19th c.) ¹
3. Noun. Work to be done, obligation. ¹
4. Noun. Unpaid debt. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Arrear
1. an unpaid and overdue debt [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arrear
Literary usage of Arrear
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Samuel March Phillipps (1822)
"No rent in arrear. Traverse of being bailiff. for the precise time mentioned ...
Where the plaintiff pleads generally that no rent is in arrear, he cannot, ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on Pleading and on the Parties to Actions and the Forms by Joseph Chitty (1809)
"ing1 to a large sum of money, to wit, the sum of —I. of like f lawful money,
became and were due, and in arrear from the said Л В to the said J£ F ..."
3. An Abridgement of the Law of Nisi Prius by William Selwyn, Edward E. Law, Henry Wheaton, Thomas Isaac Wharton (1857)
"Upon a lease reserving rent payable quarterly, with a proviso, that if the rent
be in arrear twenty-one days next after day of payment, being lawfully ..."
4. An Abridgment of the Law of Nisi Prius by William Selwyn (1845)
"... frc. for Rent arrear.—At the common law, it was necessary for a ... for rent
arrear had to encounter, in setting forth long and intricate titles; ..."
5. A Complete System of Pleading: Comprehending the Most Approved Precedents by John Wentworth, George Townesend, James Cornwall (1798)
"... on that day, and from thence until and at the faid time when, ore. was in
arrear and unpaid, he the faid FA well avowed the taking of the laid goods and ..."
6. A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law: With Occasional Notes and by Nathan Dane (1824)
"Distress for rent can only be for the rent in arrear, and not for damages for
the delay ... The plea of no rent in arrear admits the lease as 4 Cranch, ..."
7. The Parliamentary Debatesby Thomas Curson Hansard, Great Britain Parliament by Thomas Curson Hansard, Great Britain Parliament (1827)
"With respect to the vice-chancellor's court, in which all causes were first heard
upon petitions, the arrear of business was very small indeed. ..."
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