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

Talbot soon intimated to the leading members of the English colony that as his salary was in arrear he intended leaving the country.

From The Viceroys of Ireland by O'Mahony, Charles

The salary of Mears was hopelessly in arrear.

From Mrs. Thompson A Novel by Maxwell, W. B. (William Babington)