arrear

Meanings

Adverb

Noun

  • Work to be done, obligation.
  • Unpaid debt.
  • That which is in the rear or behind.

Origin

  • From Middle English arere, from Old French arere, ariere, from Vulgar Latin *ad retro ("to the rear").

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