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arrearage

[uh-reer-ij] / əˈrɪər ɪdʒ /


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Nevertheless, keeping a creditworthy borrower in a home through a sustainable modification and resolving the arrearage through a subordinate lien can be dramatically less costly than allowing the loan to fail.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Even then, water companies must choose to participate in the arrearage programs; those who don’t exclude their customers from financial aid.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2022

Last month, the Chase Lloyd House Board of Trustees, which oversees the mansion, approved a $24,000 grant from its endowment to help pay off rent arrearage for women living in Annapolis public housing.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2021

However, earned surplus, out of which dividend arrears would have to be paid, still amounted to only about a third of the arrearage.

From Time Magazine Archive

I paid my whole arrearage of remorse in one day.

From Madame Firmiani by Katharine Prescott Wormeley


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