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Meaning of "arrears" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ARREARS

From obsolete arrear (adv) behindhand, from Old French arere, from Medieval Latin adretrō, from Latin ad to + retrō backwards.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ARREARS

əˈrɪəz


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ARREARS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Arrears is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ARREARS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Arrears

Arrears is a legal term for the part of a debt that is overdue after missing one or more required payments. The amount of the arrears is the amount accrued from the date on which the first missed payment was due. The term is usually used in relation with periodically recurring payments such as rent, bills, royalties, and child support. Payment in arrears is a term describing payments made after a service has been provided. In this case use of the word "arrears" does not imply any breach.

Definition of arrears in the English dictionary

The definition of arrears in the dictionary is Also called: arrearage, something outstanding or owed.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ARREARS

Algiers · cheers · Cordeliers · Himalayas · Myers · Pamirs · Pears · pliers · premiers · Proteas · Sayers · shears · shires · Spears · Spires · tears · Teniers · years

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ARREARS

arrear · arrearage · arrect · arreede · arrest · arrest judgment · arrest of judgment · arrest warrant · arrestable · arrestant · arrestation · arrested development · arrestee · arrester · arresting · arresting officer · arrestingly · arrestive · arrestment · arrestor

WORDS THAT END LIKE ARREARS

all ears · apples and pears · asparagus spears · blood, sweat and tears · Britney Spears · crocodile tears · donkey´s years · fall on deaf ears · garden shears · golden years · in arrears · in tears · Job´s-tears · pinking shears · prick up one´s ears · pruning shears · set by the ears · up to one´s ears · wet behind the ears · without tears

Synonyms and antonyms of arrears in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ARREARS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «arrears» and belong to the same grammatical category.
bill · claim · debit · debt · due · duty · liability · obligation

Translation of «arrears» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF ARREARS

Find out the translation of arrears to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of arrears from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «arrears» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

欠账
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

atrasos
570 millions of speakers
en

English

arrears
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

बकाया
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُتَأَخَّرات
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

долги
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

dívidas
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

বকেয়া
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

arriéré
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Tunggakan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Rückstände
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

未払金
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

연체금
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Mundur
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tiền nợ còn khất lại
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

பாக்கிகளை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

थकबाकी
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

borç
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

arretrati
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

zaległości
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

заборгованість
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

restanță
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οφειλόμενα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

agterstallig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

resterande skulder
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

(rest)gjeld
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of arrears

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ARREARS»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of arrears
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about arrears

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARREARS»

Discover the use of arrears in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to arrears and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Arrears: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Proceeds from this book are used to expand the content and coverage of Websters Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org).
‎2008
2
United Nations: Financial Issues and U.S. Arrears
The U.N. Charter -- an international treaty -- provides that the expenses of the organization shall be borne by the members as apportioned by the General Assembly.
Benjamin F. Nelson, 1998
3
Inter-Enterprise Arrears in a Post-Command Economy - ...
The paper considers that strain is the main source of inter-enterprise arrears in post-command economies.
Daniel Daianu, 1994
4
Enterprise Arrears in Russia: Causes and Policy Options
This paper examines the causes of the large buildup of enterprise arrears in Russia during 1992, and evaluates policy options to deal with them.
Sérgio Pereira Leite, David Bigman, 1993
5
Sales Laws of Bengal, Being the Laws of Sale for Arrears of ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Mohendra Nath Roy, 2010
6
A General Equilibrium Approach to Interenterprise Arrears in ...
This paper presents a general equilibrium model of interenterprise arrears, characterized by n-stage production technology with random productivity shocks. the model shows that large interenterprise arrears in transition economies may ...
Goohoon Kwon, Mr. Se-Jik Kim, 1995
7
Ukraine's Gas Arrears: Issues and Recommendations
Issues and Recommendations Amer Bisat. ©International Monetary Fund. Not for Redistribution 4. Estonia: Energy Related Arrears; 1993-94.
Amer Bisat, 1996
8
Anticipating Arrears to the Imf: Early Warning Systems
These low conditional probabilities result from the rare occurrences of arrears to the IMF . The first and second column of Table 2 show the in-sample result of the signals approach under the noise-to-signal method and the loss fiinction method  ...
Chikako Oka, 2003
9
Government Expenditure Arrears - Securitization and Other ...
The build up of arrears resulted from governments having effectively defaulted when failing to pay their obligations on the due date. This was tantamount to, the government, using its discretionary power, unilaterally borrowing from pensioners, ...
Alberto M. Ramos, 1998
10
Payment Arrears in the Gas and Electric Power Sectors of the ...
I. INTRODUCTION Payments arrears' present a serious problem in the Baltics, the Russian Federation, and other countries of the former Soviet Union (BRO). The disruption to interstate trade and financial flows following the dissolution of the ...
Hrant Bagratian, Emine Grgen, Gü, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARREARS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term arrears is used in the context of the following news items.
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Nilgiris tea growers plan stir on July 17 to get back arrears
Some 60,000 tea growers are planning to stage protest, including fast, on July 17, seeking immediate disbursal of Rs 890 crore as minimum ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
2
Wike Orders Payment of Three Months Arrears to Pensioners
Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has directed the accountant general of the state to pay pensioners their three months arrears owed ... «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»
3
Ajimobi urged to slash N200m security vote for workers' four-month …
This security vote must be slashed to accommodate the payment of arrears of suffering workers and pensioners in the state. The governor must ... «The Guardian Nigeria, Jul 15»
4
Osun, Nigeria and the wage arrears crisis
The inability of many states to pay accumulated workers salaries has been in the news for sometimes. Whereas, as many as 18 States are ... «TheCable, Jul 15»
5
Roadways staff awaiting arrears accuse treasury dept of irregularities
Arrears of Punjab Roadways employees worth lakhs of rupees are pending for over a year with the state treasury department. Every time bills ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
6
LG salary arrears: Oshiomhole bars local government chairman from …
Oshiomhole-new The Edo State government has barred Local government chairmen and councilors in Edo State from enjoying their security ... «DailyPost Nigeria, Jul 15»
7
Molly Malone's rent arrears claim
A rent arrears claim against former Molly Malone's Irish pub director will ... and tenant over rent arrears and compliance with lease covenants. «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
8
KUWS&DB comes under pressure to collect water tariff arrears
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) had taken serious note of the failure to collect huge arrears from water tariff in Belagavi city and ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
9
Single Spine arrears sap GH¢3bn in five years
The government has finally washed its hands off the payment of arrears arising from the implementation of the Single Spine Pay Policy (SSPP). «Graphic Online, Jul 15»
10
Niger Borrows To Pay LG Workers Salary Arrears
LEADERSHIP findings however revealed that the amount was to be used to pay the one month arrears of salaries of the workers of the 25 local ... «Leadership Newspapers, Jul 15»
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