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arrear

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6 lettersPronunciation /əˈɹɪə/Sorted aaerrrStarts with AEnds with R0 clues
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Definitions

  1. An arrear is work to be done; an obligation.

Word origin

From Middle English arere, from Old French arere, from Vulgar Latin *ad retro (literally “to the rear”).

Used in a sentence

  • She, (Ladie) having well before approoved / The feends to be too cruell and severe, / Observ'd th' appointed way, as her behooved, / Ne ever did her ey-sight turne arere [...].
  • In case the annuity should be arrear for sixty days being lawfully demanded, then the trustee might enter upon the premises assigned [...].
  • November 4, 1866, James David Forbes, letter to E. C. Batten I have a large arrear of letters to write.

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