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  • 1arrears — /ə rɪəz/ plural noun 1. money which is owed, but which has not been paid at the right time ● a salary with arrears effective from January 1st ● arrears of interest ● to allow the payments to fall into arrears ● salary with arrears effective from… …

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  • 2arrears — /ə rɪəz/ plural noun 1. money which is owed, but which has not been paid at the right time ● a salary with arrears effective from January 1st ● We are pressing the company to pay arrears of interest. ● You must not allow the mortgage payments to… …

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  • 3pay up — verb cancel or discharge a debt pay up, please! • Syn: ↑ante up, ↑pay • Ant: ↑default • Derivationally related forms: ↑pay (for: ↑ …

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  • 4pay up — (Colloq.) Settle, pay arrears, settle an account, square accounts, quit scores, strike a balance, pay the bill, pay the piper, pay the fiddler …

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  • 5Arrears — is a legal term for a type of debt which is overdue after missing an expected payment. It is also used (in the form in arrears) for payments that occur at the end of a period.Arrears accrue from the date on the first missed payment was due. The… …

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  • 6arrears — I noun arrearage, back payments, balance due, debit, debt, debt unpaid though due, default, deferred payment, deficit, delinquency, indebtedness, indebtment, liability, obligation, outstanding debt, overdue bill, overdue payment, payments past… …

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  • 7arrears — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ debt, mortgage, rent, tax VERB + ARREARS ▪ fall into, get into, owe ▪ …

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  • 8arrears — noun (plural) 1 be in arrears if someone is in arrears or if their payments are in arrears, they are late in paying something that they should pay regularly, such as rent: Teachers pay is in arrears and the school says it can t afford to pay. |… …

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  • 9arrears — ar|rears [əˈrıəz US əˈrırz] n [plural] [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: arrear backward, behind (14 18 centuries), from Old French arere, from Vulgar Latin ad retro to the back ] 1.) be in arrears if someone is in arrears, or if their payments are in… …

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  • 10arrears — Unpaid dividends or bond interest that a corporation owes its stockholders or bond holders after the payable or due date on which the dividends or interest should have been paid. American Banker Glossary * * * arrears ar‧rears [əˈrɪəz ǁ əˈrɪrz]… …

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