arrearage

Accumulated unpaid amount

Arrearage is the state of being in arrears—having unpaid debts or unfulfilled obligations that are past due.

The word appears most often in legal and financial contexts: The tenant owed six months of arrearage on rent.

It can also refer to the specific amount owed: The court ordered payment of the full arrearage plus interest.

debt

balance

Steadiness or amount owed

indebtedness · obligation · creditor · debtor · principal · repayment · borrowing · loan · mortgage · sum

delinquency

nonpayment

Failure to settle debts

behind · lapsed · neglect · failure · breach · noncompliance · dereliction · remissness · delinquent · tardy

accounting

ledger

Financial record book

adjustment · installments · remittance · interest · penalties · charges · statement · receivable · aging · write-off

Categories
Opposites
financial obligation status

arrearagecredit

Recognition or payment deferral

surplus · overpayment · credit balance · asset · prepayment

payment timing

arrearageadvance payment

Payment made beforehand

prepayment · timely payment

debt resolution

arrearagequittance

Release from debt

full payment · quietus · settlement · discharge · clearance

Family

arrears, arrear, in arrears

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