Definition of arrear
Noun
arrear (plural arrears)
- Work to be done, obligation.
I have a large arrear of letters to write. -- J. D. Forbes.
My own work, with its manifold arrears, took me all day to clear off. -- Stoker, Dracula
- Unpaid debt.
Adverb
arrear (comparative more arrear, superlative most arrear)
- behind, backward
(--) rent considerably in arrear, and heartless landlady threatening expulsion (--) -- Dickens: Our Mutual Friend
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