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

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

Chut, man, with his wage a year in arrear, and naught behind his wage, where is he to find another fifty men, let alone three or four hundred?

From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Weyman, Stanley J.

Purslow gave the rise, but, reminded that their pay was in arrear, "No, Jenkins, no," he said.

From Ovington's Bank by Weyman, Stanley J.