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Definition of Arrears
1. Noun. The state of being behind in payments. "An account in arrears"
2. Noun. An unpaid overdue debt.
Definition of Arrears
1. Noun. An unpaid or overdue obligation. A debt. ¹
2. Noun. (plural of arrear) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Arrears
1. arrear [n] - See also: arrear
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arrears
Literary usage of Arrears
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Mortgages by John Joseph Powell, Thomas Coventry (1826)
"the tenant for life to pay the arrears, as otherwise all would fall on the
reversioner, and it was so decreed. them ; for they are charges on the land as ..."
2. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1894)
"REPORT ON THE arrears OF INTEREST.1 c, c. [March 22, 1784] The Grand Committee
consisting of appointed to prepare and report to Congress the arrears of ..."
3. Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States: Advising by United States Attorney-General (1852)
"And my opinion is asked, whether his arrears of pension, not being received by
him in his lifetime, shall revert to the navy pension fund, or be paid to his ..."
4. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1883)
"17664 7 3 Do., arrears of first half of same grant 731 16 2 (7) Tower Mint ...
614 16 8 (5) Pensions and gifts (with arrears and advances) 2.020 15 8 (6) ..."
5. The Works of Alexander Hamilton by Alexander Hamilton (1904)
"arrears OF PAY ' Hamilton to Washington (Cabinet Paper). TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
May »8, 1790. The Secretary of the Treasury conceives it to be his duty most ..."
6. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"But at least and lowest, this grievance of the arrears shall be rectified.
A plan, much noised of in those days, under the name, " Decree of the Sixth of ..."
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