Arrearage Definition

ə-rîrĭj
noun
The state of being behind in the fulfillment of obligations or of being overdue in payment.
American Heritage
The state of being in arrears.
Webster's New World
A payment owed.
American Heritage
Arrears.
Webster's New World

An overdue debt. See also arrear.

Webster's New World Law

Other Word Forms of Arrearage

Noun

Singular:
arrearage
Plural:
arrearages

Origin of Arrearage

  • Old French arierage (“detriment, legal prejudice”)

    From Wiktionary

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