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
There was banqueting and feasting, and all at a time when the treasury was depleted, when the civil and military forces had their payments in arrear, and when national debt heaped upon national debt.
From George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life by Fenn, George Manville
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
The arrear of customs on goods sold, is at present about 300,000l. or 400,000l.
