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1. Debt, installation loan payment, or bond interest due but unpaid. Loans unpaid after an allowed Grace Period are considered delinquent. The term also applies to unpaid preferred stock dividends.

2. Mortgage or installment loan interest payable at specific dates for the use of borrowed money in the previous period.

1. at the end of a term.


Example: Interest on mortgage loans is normally paid in arrears. This means that interest is paid at the end of a month or other period. Generally, rent and insurance are paid in advance.


2. sometimes used to signify default; overdue in payment.


Example: Jones has not made his scheduled mortgage payments for three months; he is in arrears.

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noun

1. Something, such as money, owed by one person to another: arrearage, debt, due, indebtedness, liability, obligation. See obligation, pay/owe.
2. A condition of owing something to another: arrearage, indebtedness, debt, liability, obligation. See pay/owe.

n

Definition: debt
Antonyms: early payment, prepayment

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

A sum of money that has not been paid or has only been paid in part at the time it is due.

A person who is "in arrears" is behind in payments due and thus has outstanding debts or liabilities. For example, a tenant who has not paid rent on the day it is due is in arrears.

Arrears may also refer to the late distribution of the dividends of cumulative preferred stock.

Overdue debt, liability or obligation. An account is said to be "in arrears" if one or more payments have been missed in transactions where regular payments are contractually required, such as mortgage or rent payments and utility or telephone bills.

Investopedia Says:
The term "in arrears" does not necessarily have a negative connotation in certain contexts such as fixed-income instruments, where it may indicate that interest payments are simply made at the end of a period. For example, mortgage interest in the U.S. is paid in arrears, which means that in the case of monthly payments, each payment covers principal repayment and mortgage interest for the month preceding the payment due date.

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• Banking and Financial Services - arrears: overdue debts

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Dansk (Danish)
n. pl. - restance

idioms:

• in arrears    i restance, bagud
• make up arrears    indhente det forsømte

Nederlands (Dutch)
achterstand, achterstallige schuld

Français (French)
n. pl. - arriérés, arrérages

idioms:

• in arrears    en souffrance, arriéré
• make up arrears    rattraper un retard

Deutsch (German)
n. pl. - Schulden, Rückstand

idioms:

• in arrears    ausstehend
• make up arrears    einen Rückstand wettmachen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. pl. - καθυστερούμενα

idioms:

• in arrears    (οικον.) υπερήμερος, εκπρόθεσμος (σε εξόφληση οφειλής)
• make up arrears    εξοφλώ χρέος

Italiano (Italian)
retroguardia, arretrati

idioms:

• in arrears    in arretrato
• make up arrears    ricuperare uno svantaggio

Português (Portuguese)
n. pl. - dívidas (f pl), obrigações (f pl), trabalho (m) inacabado

idioms:

• in arrears    em atraso
• make up arrears    compor dívidas

Русский (Russian)
отставание

idioms:

• in arrears    просроченный
• make up arrears    погасить задолженность

Español (Spanish)
n. pl. - atrasos

idioms:

• in arrears    estar atrasado
• make up arrears    recuperar un atraso, salir del atraso, salir de deudas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. pl. - resterande skulder, rest

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
迟延, 拖延, 耽搁, 欠款, 待完成的事

idioms:

• in arrears    拖欠, 落后, 拖延
• make up arrears    弥补欠债

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. pl. - 遲延, 拖延, 耽擱, 欠款, 待完成的事

idioms:

• in arrears    拖欠, 落後, 拖延
• make up arrears    彌補欠債

한국어 (Korean)
n. pl. - 지연, 연체금, 꽁무니

idioms:

• in arrears    늦어서
• make up arrears    밀린 것을 만회하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 滞納金, 滞り, 遅れ, 未払い金

idioms:

• in arrears    未払いで, 遅れて
• make up arrears    遅れを取り戻す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الجمع) متأخرات, اعمال غير منجزه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. pl. - ‮פיגורים‬

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