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.
The Dryrot Society have at the present time two more volumes of unusual interest ready for their subscribers, who, it must be said, regretfully, are much in arrear with their subscriptions.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Feb 3, 1872 by Various
Coleman senior calls on the Schoolmaster, who remarks that payment for his son's schooling is in arrear.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Richard Crashaw
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