Arrear Definition

arrears
noun
The state of being late in the payment of a debt or the performance of an obligation.
Webster's New World Law

An overdue or unpaid debt or unfinished duty. See also arrearage.

Webster's New World Law

Work to be done, obligation.

I have a large arrear of letters to write. -- J. D. Forbes.
My own work, with its manifold arrears, took me all day to clear off. -- Stoker, Dracula.
Wiktionary

Unpaid debt.

Wiktionary
adverb

(obsolete) Towards the rear, backwards. [14th-16th c.]

Wiktionary

(obsolete) Behind time; overdue. [15th-19th c.]

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Other Word Forms of Arrear

Noun

Singular:
arrear
Plural:
arrears

Origin of Arrear

  • From Old French arere, ariere, from Vulgar Latin ad retro (“to the rear").

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