arrear
/uh-reerz/US // əˈrɪərz //UK // (əˈrɪəz) //
欠款,拖欠,拖欠款项,欠费
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n.名词(复数) plural noun
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- : the state of being behind or late, especially in the fulfillment of a duty, promise, obligation, or the like: Many homeowners have fallen into arrears.
- : Sometimes arrear . something overdue in payment; a debt that remains unpaid: Those countries that have paid their arrears may be granted additional loans.
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Examples
That event was not likely to happen; for, since the grant had been made, a new arrear of tithes had accrued.
The pay of the soldiers got more and more hopelessly into arrear.
Latterly things had come to such a pass that even the reduced stipends offered to the members fell into arrear.
The chancellor came forward to shew that the sovereign's pecuniary affairs were very much in arrear.
Besides, the whole country is heavily in arrear already for land-taxes and quit-rents.
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