plural. Items overdue, outstanding amounts, arrears; esp. moneys overdue; debts; = arrear, n. 7.

Arrears of payment, debts, money owed in arrears; a payment that is overdue. Frequently in plural.

Chiefly Scottish. A sum of money remaining to be paid; a balance of money due, an arrears. Also: an amount of goods remaining to be handed over…

In singular. The balance or unpaid remainder of a sum of money. Also in plural. Obsolete.

Failure of payment or rent; arrears. Obsolete.

As n. plural. Arrears (of rent, etc.). Cf. bygone, n. 1b.

The balance of a sum of money; the unpaid portion of a debt. Cf. remain, n.1 1b.

in plural. Outstanding liabilities, amounts, or balances; moneys due; debts. Also used as a singular. U.S.

plural. Things that are past; esp. past offences.

An arrear.