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| ar·rears [ ə rrz ] |
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unpaid debts: unpaid debts, especially debts accumulating as a result of the debtor's failure to make regular payments
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| [15th century. < obsolete arrear "to the rear, overdue," via Old French< medieval Latin adretro< Latin ad "to" + retro "backward, behind"] |
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in or into arrears behind in making regular payments of money owed
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