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

Unfortunately, this course is not always open, because when the time has arrived it is found that some MSS. have been already forestalled, and others are in arrear.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

Talbot soon intimated to the leading members of the English colony that as his salary was in arrear he intended leaving the country.

From The Viceroys of Ireland by O'Mahony, Charles

Remembering his previous experiences, the prince had a clause inserted which entitled him to leave Ireland if his salary was a month in arrear.

From The Viceroys of Ireland by O'Mahony, Charles