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English Dictionary: in arrears by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
in arrears
adv
  1. in debt; "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"; "a month behind in the rent"; "a company that has been run behindhand for years"; "in arrears with their utility bills"
    Synonym(s): behind, behindhand, in arrears
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arrear \Ar*rear"\, n.
      That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid,
      though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due
      when some part has been paid; arrearage; -- commonly used in
      the plural, as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes. --Locke.
  
               For much I dread due payment by the Greeks Of
               yesterday's arrear.                                 --Cowper.
  
               I have a large arrear of letters to write. --J. D.
                                                                              Forbes.
  
      {In arrear} [or] {In arrears}, behind; backward; behindhand;
            in debt.
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