Arrearage

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arrearage \Ar*rear"age\, n. [F. arr['e]rage, fr. arri[`e]re, OF.
     arere. See {Arrear}.]
     That which remains unpaid and overdue, after payment of a
     part; arrears.
     [1913 Webster]
  


           The old arrearages . . . being defrayed. --Howell.
     [1913 Webster] Arrect

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "arrearage":
     arrear, arrears, back debts, back payments, bouncing check, break,
     debt, decline, defalcation, default, defect, defectiveness,
     deferred payments, deficiency, deficit, deficit financing,
     delinquency, discontinuity, dollar gap, due, failure,
     falling short, gap, hiatus, imperfection, inadequacy, indebtedness,
     inferiority, insufficiency, interval, lack, lacuna, liability,
     missing link, need, obligation, omission, outage, overdraft,
     short measure, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, slump, ullage,
     underage, want, wantage