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
Nevertheless, I have not fallen into arrear with my own tasks.
From Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
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 Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
There was due on the 25th of March last, on the establishments, and for extraordinary expenses, an arrear amounting to £373,706 13s.
From The Commercial Restraints of Ireland by John Hely Hutchinson
