Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The state of being behind in the fulfillment of obligations or of being overdue in payment.
- noun A payment owed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or condition of being behindhand or in arrears.
- noun Arrears; amount or amounts outstanding or overdue; any sum of money remaining unpaid after previous payment of a part.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That which remains unpaid and overdue, after payment of a part; arrears.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A condition of being in
arrears . - noun An item that is in arrears, as periodic payments on a debt or for taxes.
Etymologies
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Examples
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In other words, if you file Chapter 13 because you are three payments delinquent, your missed payments (the mortgage "arrearage") will be paid in your plan.
pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator 2009
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HAMP: Massive rejection rates, some after many months of trial payments, have many of us *worse* off, with arrearage, dinged credit and still no lower payment - just f.c.
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HAMP: Massive rejection rates, some after many months of trial payments, have many of us *worse* off, with arrearage, dinged credit and still no lower payment - just f.c.
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He's introduced a bill that would increase the State compensation for the wrongfully convicted to a still-meager $85,000.00 per year plus any child support arrearage and would bar anyone who accepts the money from bringing a civil rights case.
Locke Bowman: The Price of Injustice: Wrongfully Convicted Deserve Full Compensation Locke Bowman 2011
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He's introduced a bill that would increase the State compensation for the wrongfully convicted to a still-meager $85,000.00 per year plus any child support arrearage and would bar anyone who accepts the money from bringing a civil rights case.
Locke Bowman: The Price of Injustice: Wrongfully Convicted Deserve Full Compensation Locke Bowman 2011
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There, he addresses matters various and sundry, such as the claim that he was dishonorably discharged from the military (he provides documents to the contrary) and that he failed to pay child support (D'Annunzio says that he fell behind while he was "living below the poverty line" but went on to "paid the arrearage and monthly payments on time the remaining years").
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After all, we wouldn't the King of Saudi Arabia to feel shortchanged when he comes inquiring about our arrearage.
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It's said by some think tankers our debts today, including, but not limited to Bush/Cheney's wars and long-term vet benefits, tax collections in arrearage and unemployment payments, is currently nearing 20 percent of GDP.
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For example, assume that the Johnsons have a $1000 monthly mortgage payment and their loan is four months past due, creating an arrearage of $4000.
Fighting Foreclosure: The Tools and Resources to Prevent Foreclosure 2008
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In our example with the Johnsons, they had a $4000 arrearage and $1000 monthly mortgage payments.
Fighting Foreclosure: The Tools and Resources to Prevent Foreclosure 2008
bilby commented on the word arrearage
So in short time, thou art in arrearage grown
Some hundred quarrels, yet dost thou fight none ;
Nor need'st thou : for those few, by oath releast,
Make good what thou dar'st do in all the rest.
Keep thy self there, and think thy valor right ;
He that dares damn himself, dares more than fight.
- Ben Jonson, 'To Brainhardy'.
July 28, 2009