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Meaning of "in arrears" in the English dictionary

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WHAT DOES IN 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.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IN ARREARS

in a row
in a way
in a word
in absentia
in addition
in addition to
in advance
in aeternum
in aid of
in all
in all one´s born days
in alt
in altissimo
in any case
in any event
in arms
in articles
in at
in at the death
in at the kill

WORDS THAT END LIKE IN ARREARS

all ears
apples and pears
arrears
asparagus spears
blood, sweat and tears
Britney Spears
fall on deaf ears
garden shears
golden years
in tears
Pears
pinking shears
pruning shears
set by the ears
shears
Spears
tears
wet behind the ears
without tears
years

Synonyms and antonyms of in arrears in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «IN ARREARS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «in arrears» and belong to the same grammatical category.
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Translation of «in arrears» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IN ARREARS

Find out the translation of in arrears to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of in 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 «in arrears» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

拖欠
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

en mora
570 millions of speakers

English

in arrears
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बकाया राशि में
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المتأخرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

задолженность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

em atraso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বকেয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

en retard
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dalam tunggakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

im Rückstand
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

滞納して
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

연체
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing tunggakan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

còn nợ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிலுவை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थकबाकी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Borçlarda
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

in via posticipata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

z dołu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

заборгованість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

în arierate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σε καθυστέρηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

agterstallig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

i efterskott
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

på etterskudd
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of in arrears

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IN ARREARS»

The term «in arrears» is regularly used and occupies the 76.860 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about in arrears

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IN ARREARS»

Discover the use of in arrears in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to in arrears and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Principles of Accounting
dividends in arrears plus their current year's dividends before paying any dividends on common stock. Dividends in arrears are not recognized as liabilities because no liability exists until the board of directors declares a dividend.
Belverd Needles, Marian Powers, Susan Crosson, 2010
2
Modern Real Estate Practice in Ohio
In this case, the seller, who has prepaid a year's taxes, should be reimbursed for the portion of the year remaining after the buyer takes ownership of the property. In other areas, taxes are paid in arrears, on December 31 for the year just ended  ...
Fillmore W. Galaty, Wellington J. Allaway, Robert C. Kyle, 2001
3
Efficient Methods for Valuing Interest Rate Derivatives
... 11.1 and 11.2, we will derive pricing formulae for a variety of products whose payoff is determined by a single interest rate. 11.3.1 LIBOR in Arrears In a normal LIBOR payment, the LIBOR interest rate Li is observed at time Ti and paid ...
Antoon Pelsser, 2000
4
Introduction to Derivatives and Risk Management
... and the payment on June 15 is based on LIBOR on the previous March 15, and so forth. This rate setting and settlement procedure is known as advanced set, settled in arrears.4 XYZ will pay ABSwaps fixed payments a rate of 7.5 ...
Don M. Chance, Robert Brooks, 2009
5
Financial and Managerial Accounting
Dividends not paid in the year they are due are called dividends in arrears. For example, suppose that a corporation has 20,000 shares of $100 par value, 5 percent cumulative preferred stock outstanding. If the corporation pays no dividends ...
Belverd Needles, Marian Powers, Susan Crosson, 2010
6
Financial Derivatives in Theory and Practice
14.3.3 LIBOR-in-arrears swaps Unlike a vanilla interest rate swap, the LIBOR-in- arrears basis swap has two floating legs but no fixed leg. For notational convenience, define L\ := Lt[Sj-i,Sj}. The first floating leg is exactly the same as for a ...
Philip Hunt, Joanne Kennedy, 2004
7
External Debt Management: An Introduction
Also, whenever a payment is made other than on a due date, a decrease in arrears is recorded. There should be a tight relationship between the figures for payments scheduled and payments made. If a debt service payment was due and not ...
Thomas Martin Klein, 1994
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Dictionary of Financial Risk Management
In Arrears: ( l ) Late in making payments. (2) A characteristic of a financial instrument that sets certain payment terms at the end of the period covered by the payment rather than at the beginning. See, for example, In-Arrears Swap. In- Arrears ...
‎1999
9
Understanding Risk: The Theory and Practice of Financial ...
2.4.4.3 CMS and Libor-in-arrears swaps A constant maturity swap (CMS) is one where the fixed leg is determined by some constant maturity level, for instance, the 10-year swap rate. Thus, the payer pays whatever the 10-year swap rate is at  ...
David Murphy, 2008
10
Financial Accounting in an Economic Context
In future periods, as dividends are declared, dividends in arrears are first paid to the preferred shareholders, who then receive their normal annual dividend. Finally, the common shareholders are paid from what remains. If the preferred stock is ...
Jamie Pratt, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IN ARREARS»

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Sharp rise in arrears as rents soar, say letting agents - Letting Agent …
There has been a sharp rise in rent arrears - they made up 8.7 per cent of all rent payable in June, according to data collected by Your Move ... «Letting Agent Today, Jul 15»
2
EUR/USD May Break Below 1.0820 After US Inflation Data
... ECB that is due on Monday, as well as meeting payments to preferred lender International Monetary Fund (IMF) that are currently in arrears. «FXStreet, Jul 15»
3
Budget targets queried by commission - The Irish Times
Late payment penalties will be put in place, but only in cases where households are in arrears for a full annual billing period.” In its report on ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
4
Council tax debt owed in the Staffordshire Moorlands has increased …
"Our advice to people who may find themselves in arrears with their council tax is don't ignore any letters about it as debt enforcement can be ... «Leek Post & Times, Jul 15»
5
Council tax debt in the Staffordshire Moorlands has increased by 41 …
Council Tax is now the fastest growing type of problem debt we are helping clients to resolve – with 24 per cent of all callers now in arrears, up ... «Leek Post & Times, Jul 15»
6
Thousands of Walsall homes in council tax debt
Now figures released this week show 6,600 of 19,465 households affected by the change were in arrears of around £343,000 by the end of ... «expressandstar.com, Jul 15»
7
(Greece crisis) Athens 2b euros in arrears to IMF
Greece missed the second debt payment to the International Monetary Fund in two weeks yesterday, despite having reached agreement with ... «Hong Kong Standard, Jul 15»
8
TCHC tenants owe millions in back rent
But as of this week, Galal Donia is actually $67,800 in arrears, and counting. The 200 Wellesley St. E. tenant, who has been living in Toronto ... «Toronto Sun, Jul 15»
9
Number of mortgages in arrears down 23% in May
Figures from the Department of Finance suggest the number of private residential mortgages in arrears was 23% lower in May than at the same ... «RTE.ie, Jul 15»
10
Arrears falling on residential mortgages
Figures out this afternoon from the Department of Finance suggest the number of private residential mortgages in arrears was 23% lower in ... «RTE.ie, Jul 15»

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