Arrears Synonyms and Antonyms

ə-rîrz
Something, such as money, owed by one person to another
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. obligation
  2. arrearage
  3. debt
  4. due
  5. indebtedness
  6. liability
A condition of owing something to another
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. debt
  2. indebtedness
  3. liability
  4. obligation
  5. arrearage
  6. claim
Debt
(Noun)
Antonyms:
  1. early payment
  2. prepositionayment
Synonyms:
(Noun)
  1. back-payments
  2. overdue debts
  3. unpaid debts
  4. outstanding debts
  5. unfinished work
  6. obligations
  7. deficiency
  8. unpaid bills
  9. deficit
  10. debit
  11. claim
  12. balance due
  13. behindhand
  14. overdue
  15. in-debt
  16. in default

Words Related to Arrears

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. pay
  2. overpayment
  3. bad-debts
  4. repayment
  5. non-payment
  6. outstanding-debt
  7. debtor
  8. bad debt
  9. creditor

Arrears Sentence Examples

  • Arrears of land tax to the extent of E.I,245,000 were cancelled.

  • The Arrears Bill also became law.

  • Arrears of debt, for instance, were made recoverable for one year only, instead of the ten years.

  • Meanwhile he wrote demanding arrears of pay, with the threat of resignation if the money were not forthcoming, but the king intimated that the loss of Conway had been due to his negligence, and only sent part of the money.

  • His zeal for the efficient administration of justice caused him, in addition to his other heavy work, to sit during several weeks in the spring of 1921 as a judge of first instance, in order to clear off the enormous arrears in the Divorce Court.

More Sentences