arrears

[US]/ə'rɪəz/

[UK]/ə'rɪrz/

Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. unpaid or overdue debts or obligations; unfinished tasks or work.

he was suing the lessee for the arrears of rent.

I have to clear off arrears of work and correspondence.

The payments on that car loan are in arrears by three months.

I am two or three letters in arrears.

They were in arrears with their mortgage, so their home was repossessed.

I received a curt letter telling me I was in arrears on my mortgage payments.

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