"arrear" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /əˈɹɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈɹɪɹ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-arrear.wav Forms: more arrear [comparative], most arrear [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English arere, from Old French arere, from Vulgar Latin *ad retro (literally “to the rear”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|arere}} Middle English arere, {{der|en|fro|ariere|arere}} Old French arere, {{der|en|VL.|*ad retro|lit=to the rear}} Vulgar Latin *ad retro (literally “to the rear”) Head templates: {{en-adv}} arrear (comparative more arrear, superlative most arrear)
  1. (obsolete) Towards the rear, backwards. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-arrear-en-adv-UrKYo8yd
  2. (obsolete) Behind time; overdue. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Finance
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Noun

IPA: /əˈɹɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈɹɪɹ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-arrear.wav Forms: arrears [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English arere, from Old French arere, from Vulgar Latin *ad retro (literally “to the rear”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|arere}} Middle English arere, {{der|en|fro|ariere|arere}} Old French arere, {{der|en|VL.|*ad retro|lit=to the rear}} Vulgar Latin *ad retro (literally “to the rear”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} arrear (plural arrears)
  1. Work to be done, obligation. Translations (work to be done): rest [masculine] (Czech), achterstand (Dutch), rästi (Finnish), rästityö (Finnish), tekemätön työ (Finnish), arriéré (French), elmaradás (Hungarian), lemaradás (Hungarian), restancia (Hungarian), arretrato (Italian), обязанность (objazannostʹ) (Russian), завал (zaval) [informal, masculine] (Russian), beting [neuter] (Swedish), bakläxa [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-arrear-en-noun-6XRQoEJS Disambiguation of 'work to be done': 98 1 1
  2. Unpaid debt. Translations (unpaid debt): ապառք (apaṙkʻ) (Armenian), 拖欠 (english: to¹ him³) (Chinese Cantonese), nedoplatek [masculine] (Czech), prodlení [neuter] (Czech), (udestående, ubetalt) gæld [common-gender] (Danish), achterstallige betaling (Dutch), erääntynyt velka (Finnish), verojäämä (english: tax debt) (Finnish), arriéré (French), Rückstand [masculine] (German), Zahlungsrückstand [masculine] (German), hátralék (Hungarian), elmaradás (Hungarian), riaráiste [masculine] (Irish), utu tārewa (Maori), utestående (Norwegian Bokmål), betalingsetterskudd (Norwegian Bokmål), ubetalt gjeld [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), atrasdos [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), ਬਾਕੀ (bākī) [feminine] (Punjabi), задолженность (zadolžennostʹ) (Russian), deuda vencida [feminine] (Spanish), atrasos [masculine, plural] (Spanish), pago atrasado [masculine] (Spanish), efterskott [neuter] (Swedish), amerwas [masculine] (Tarifit), bakiye (Turkish), ödenmemiş borç (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-arrear-en-noun-4GHfofhP Categories (other): English terms with collocations Disambiguation of 'unpaid debt': 3 97 0
  3. That which is in the rear or behind.
    Sense id: en-arrear-en-noun-QU9DOf55

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "unpaid debt",
      "word": "betalingsetterskudd"
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      "sense": "unpaid debt",
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      "sense": "unpaid debt",
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      "word": "atrasdos"
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      "code": "pa",
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      "roman": "bākī",
      "sense": "unpaid debt",
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      "word": "ਬਾਕੀ"
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      "roman": "zadolžennostʹ",
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      "sense": "unpaid debt",
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