Hypertext Webster Gateway: "arrear"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Arrear \Ar*rear"\, adv. [OE. arere, OF. arere, ariere, F.
arri[`e]re, fr. L. ad + retro backward. See {Rear}.]
To or in the rear; behind; backwards. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Arrear \Ar*rear"\, n.
That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid,
though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due
when some part has been paid; arrearage; -- commonly used in
the plural, as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes. --Locke.
For much I dread due payment by the Greeks Of
yesterday's arrear. --Cowper.
I have a large arrear of letters to write. --J. D.
Forbes.
{In arrear} or {In arrears}, behind; backward; behindhand; in
debt.
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