unpaid bills
Money still owed
Unpaid bills are charges or invoices that remain unsettled past their due date.
The phrase emphasizes obligation and consequence—unpaid bills accumulate, damage credit, and threaten services: The electricity was cut off due to unpaid bills.
Figuratively, unpaid bills can represent any unresolved debts or neglected responsibilities: His past mistakes were unpaid bills that eventually came due.
- debtMoney owed another
- overduePast expected arrival
- creditorsThose owed payment
- collectionGathered set of items
- collection agencyFirm recovering overdue payments
arrears · past due · notices · late · late fees · owing · default · credit score · in the red · invoice · statement · final notice · red · final · warning · electricity · rent · mortgage
- unfinished businessunfinished business, loose ends, backlog, to-do list, rough drafts
- debtdebt, creditor, owe, debtor, lender
- debtscredit card debt, car loan, student loan, loans, bank loan
- povertypoverty line, poor, poverty rate, impoverished, generational poverty
- estate costsestate tax, estate taxes, attorney fees, legal fees, court fees
- small claimssmall claims court, claim, claim form, filing fee, filing fees