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Definition of arrears noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

arrears

 noun
noun
NAmE//əˈrɪrz//
 
[plural]
 
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  • money that someone owes that they have not paid at the right time rent/mortgage/tax arrears
    • Idioms
    be in arrears, get/fall into arrears
     
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    to be late in paying money that you owe We're two months in arrears with the rent.
    in arrears
     
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    if money or a person is paid in arrears for work, the money is paid after the work has been done
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