arrearages

Accumulated unpaid balances

Arrearages are amounts owed that are overdue—payments that should have been made but weren't.

The term appears most often in legal and financial contexts: The court ordered him to pay child support arrearages of twelve thousand dollars.

While arrears is more common, arrearages emphasizes accumulated debt as a countable sum.

debt

unpaid

Not yet compensated

defaults · balances · indebtedness · obligations · creditors · loans · mortgages · repayments · delinquent · nonpayment

legal

liability

Legal or financial obligation

damages · penalty · judgment · lien · foreclosure · alimony · maintenance · restitution · court-ordered · enforcement

accounting

ledger

Financial record book

bookkeeping · accruals · adjustments · receivables · payables · audit · entries · fiscal · write-off · aging

Opposites
payment timing status

arrearagesprepayments

Payments made in advance

advance payments · overpayments · credits · deposits · retainers

DEBT vs. CREDIT POSITION

arrearagescredits

Units toward graduation

surpluses · credit balance · overpayments · refunds · rebates

Family

arrearage

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Rated G