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arrears

noun as in debt

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In Croydon, a former management consultant said he and his wife both lost their jobs in 2024, leaving them in mortgage arrears.

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The Bureau of Economic Analysis is also deeply in arrears in terms of data release, having last published its PCE inflation report for the month of August on Sept. 26.

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If a tenant damages the property, commits antisocial behaviour, or falls significantly behind paying the rent - known as rent arrears - the landlord can give notice at any point.

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Ofgem said that the level of energy debt and arrears in England, Wales and Scotland had risen by more than £750m compared with a year earlier.

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They had cut the deficit to just three with 20 minutes of the game remaining, reducing the arrears first through Morgane Bourgeois' penalty and then Charlotte Escudero's converted try.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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