arrearage

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Even then, water companies must choose to participate in the arrearage programs; those who don’t exclude their customers from financial aid.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2022

Last month, the Chase Lloyd House Board of Trustees, which oversees the mansion, approved a $24,000 grant from its endowment to help pay off rent arrearage for women living in Annapolis public housing.

From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2021

By removing the arrearage barrier to fresh dividends, the directors hoped to divide future profits among all classes of stockholders.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its preferred-stock arrearage has grown from $21.25 then to $43.50 a share now.

From Time Magazine Archive

I cannot, without acquiescing in the violation of a principle, assent to the payment of an arrearage to the members of the old city police, as suggested in the closing paragraph of your letter.

From Baltimore and The Nineteenth of April, 1861 A Study of the War by Brown, George William