arrear

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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 contains a notice of the altercations between the Abbot of Melrose and Langlands the Baron of Wilton, relative to the arrear of tithes due to the abbacy of Melrose.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 104, October 25, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

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

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