arrears

noun

/əˈrɪəz/

/əˈrɪrz/

[plural]Idioms

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money that somebody owes that they have not paid at the right time
- rent/mortgage/tax arrears
Extra Examples
- The country had accumulated arrears of $80 million on loans of $400 million.
- The government has agreed to pay all arrears owed to members of the armed forces.
- The local authority must try to recover arrears of rent.
- There have been sharp increases in arrears on interest payments.
- The family is facing eviction over mortgage arrears.
- Unions are demanding the settlement of pay arrears.
Topics Moneyc2, Houses and homesc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- debt
- mortgage
- rent
- …
verb + arrears
- fall into
- get into
- owe
- …
arrears + verb
- amount to something
- total something
preposition
- in arrears
- arrears on
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Word OriginMiddle English (first used in the phrase in arrear): from arrear (adverb) ‘behind, overdue’, from Old French arere, from medieval Latin adretro, from ad- ‘towards’ + retro ‘backwards’.

Idioms

be in arrears | get/fall into arrears

to be late in paying money that you owe
- We're two months in arrears with the rent.
- Our tenants have fallen into arrears with their rent.
Topics Moneyc2, Houses and homesc2

in arrears

if money or a person is paid in arrears for work, the money is paid after the work has been done
- You will be paid monthly in arrears.
Topics Moneyc2, Houses and homesc2

单词	arrears
释义	arrears noun /əˈrɪəz/ /əˈrɪrz/ [plural]Idioms jump to other results money that somebody owes that they have not paid at the right time rent/mortgage/tax arrears Extra Examples The country had accumulated arrears of $80 million on loans of $400 million. The government has agreed to pay all arrears owed to members of the armed forces. The local authority must try to recover arrears of rent. There have been sharp increases in arrears on interest payments. The family is facing eviction over mortgage arrears. Unions are demanding the settlement of pay arrears. Topics Moneyc2, Houses and homesc2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective debt mortgage rent … verb + arrears fall into get into owe … arrears + verb amount to something total something preposition in arrears arrears on See full entry Word OriginMiddle English (first used in the phrase in arrear): from arrear (adverb) ‘behind, overdue’, from Old French arere, from medieval Latin adretro, from ad- ‘towards’ + retro ‘backwards’. Idioms be in arrears \| get/fall into arrears to be late in paying money that you owe We're two months in arrears with the rent. Our tenants have fallen into arrears with their rent. Topics Moneyc2, Houses and homesc2 in arrears if money or a person is paid in arrears for work, the money is paid after the work has been done You will be paid monthly in arrears. Topics Moneyc2, Houses and homesc2
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