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

Finally, never allow your index to fall into arrear, and write the figures in your circumscribed spaces in red ink.

From Literary Byways by Andrews, William

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 Hutchinson, John Hely

As the landlord cannot induce any bailiffs to cross the threshold, the tenant who is, notwithstanding their ghastly condition, quite cheerful on the premises, is several quarters in arrear with his rent.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, Nov. 11, 1887 by Various