arrear

Example Sentences

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"My arrear just stems from a time when I was court-ordered to pay child support and back child support on an NBA salary," he said in an interview with NBC News.

From Salon • May 30, 2024

Every feeling was offended; and the forbearance of her outward submission left a heavy arrear due of secret severity in her reflections on the unmanageable goodwill of Mr. Weston’s temper.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

It also provided that unoccupied land might be leased for fourteen years by a council when rates had been permitted to fall into arrear for a term of four years.

From Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information by Queensland

When I have health I will bring up the long arrear of letters I owe you.

From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by Keats, John

Finally, never allow your index to fall into arrear, and write the figures in your circumscribed spaces in red ink.

From Literary Byways by Andrews, William