ARREAR

arrear

Noun

  1. Work to be done, obligation.
    I have a large arrear of letters to write. -- J. D. Forbes.
    My own work, with its manifold arrears, took me all day to clear off. -- Stoker, Dracula
  2. Unpaid debt.

Adverb

  1. Towards the rear, backwards.
  2. Behind time; overdue.


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