arrear
Payment past due
Arrear refers to an unpaid or overdue debt or obligation, almost always appearing in the plural: The account is three months in arrears.
Someone paid in arrears receives payment after work is completed rather than before.
The singular form appears mainly in legal contexts: an arrear of rent.
Not yet compensated
- overduePast expected arrival
- outstandingExceptionally good or unpaid
- delinquentFailing in duty
- defaultPreset standard option
owed · payable · unsettled · receivable · balance · dues · remittance · collection
Legal or financial obligation
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- indebtednessState of owing money
- creditorOne owed money
- borrowerOne who takes temporarily
lender · foreclosure · lien · encumbrance · deficit · insolvency · bankruptcy · mortgage
Set aside until later
behind · overdue · lapsed · elapsed · expired · procrastinated · neglected · outstanding
Collected mass over time
- pileupSequential vehicular collision
- queueOrdered waiting line
- buildupGradual accumulation over time
- backburnerStatus of deprioritized tasks
pending · unfinished · carryover · mounting · accrued · accumulated · stacked · lingering
unpaid
Not yet compensated
- overduePast expected arrival
- outstandingExceptionally good or unpaid
- delinquentFailing in duty
default · owed · payable · unsettled · receivable · balance · dues · remittance · collection · repayment
liability
Legal or financial obligation
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- indebtednessState of owing money
- creditorOne owed money
borrower · lender · foreclosure · lien · encumbrance · deficit · insolvency · bankruptcy · mortgage · loan
deferred
Set aside until later
tardy · behind · overdue · lapsed · elapsed · expired · procrastinated · neglected · outstanding · pending
accumulation
Collected mass over time
backburner · pending · unfinished · carryover · mounting · accrued · accumulated · stacked · lingering · unresolved
arrearadvance
Move or progress forward
prepayment · current · up to date · in advance · prepaid
arrearcredit
Recognition or payment deferral
surplus · overpayment · settled · cleared · in the black
- in arrearsOwing overdue money
- rent arrearsAccumulated unpaid housing fees
- tax arrearsOverdue payments to government