Usually means: Payment owed, not yet made.
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  1. arrears: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
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  3. arrears: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
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  12. arrears: Financial dictionary
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▸ noun:  In finance, arrears (or arrearage) is a legal term for the part of a debt that is overdue after missing one or more required payments.


Opposite:
current, up-to-date, paid up, on time, not in debt

Types:
delinquent, in default, behind, in arrears, more...

Phrases:
in arrears, dividend in arrears, annuity in arrears, interest in arrears, is in arrears, more...

Adjectives:
large, long, such, heavy, outstanding, total, external, great, considerable, tax, huge


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Opposite:
current, up-to-date, paid up, on time, not in debt

Types:
delinquent, in default, behind, in arrears, more...

Phrases:
in arrears, dividend in arrears, annuity in arrears, interest in arrears, is in arrears, more...

Adjectives:
large, long, such, heavy, outstanding, total, external, great, considerable, tax, huge




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