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arrears

noun as in debt

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Example Sentences

There are some men295 who with an annual revenue of two millions are yearly still five hundred thousand livres in arrears.

However I have had the arrears of rent paid into Fleet street: which leaves a very moderate balance of interest against me.

Three thousand cows, worth as many marks, were offered in discharge of all arrears.

The Kavanaghs were tolerably quiet, ‘and though much in arrears of rent, yet pay it they will and shall.’

At the time of the grant it was intended that the advances should be repaid as soon as the tenants should pay up their arrears.

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On this page you'll find 17 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to arrears, such as: deficit, liability, obligation, claim, debit, and deficiency.

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

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