How to Use arrear in a Sentence

arrear

noun

• This month some farmers in Uttar Pradesh are burning their crops in protest at the mills’ arrears.
  — The Economist, 28 Sep. 2019
• The home side reduced the arrears through David Brown, before Vialli's side took charge after the break.
  — SI.com, 15 Feb. 2018
• And if a borrower is in arrears, lenders must make a good-faith effort to collect, even to the point of going to court.
  — Jo Becker, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
• Connie Jones was in arrears for tens of thousands of dollars.
  — Michael Kiefer, azcentral, 4 June 2018
• Hyde on Wednesday tweeted a picture that appeared to be a notice from the state that he's since paid all of his arrears.
  — NBC News, 16 Jan. 2020
• The city knew the No Name was in arrears, but somehow the beloved institution was allowed to become a beloved tax scofflaw.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Jan. 2020
• The moderators — most of whom work for a $7,000 a year stipend — also complained that their pay was months in arrears.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 7 Sep. 2023
• In a separate case, now settled, even a CRST trainee who said she was raped got a bill for tuition arrears.
  — Bloomberg News, OregonLive.com, 14 Aug. 2017
• Many who are in arrears are businesses that have closed, although that doesn’t relieve them of their tax bill.
  — Martin E. Comas, OrlandoSentinel.com, 28 June 2017
• China appears to be up to date in its payments; there are no amounts in arrears from prior years on WHO's report.
  — Fox News, 11 Apr. 2020
• The country also owes billions of dollars in debt arrears.
  — Nimi Princewill, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
• Currently, the service department and some part-timers are paid two weeks in arrears.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 20 Apr. 2020
• The local currency lost more than half its value to the US dollar in June, and the country owes billions of dollars in debt arrears.
  — Nimi Princewill, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
• The country has virtually no arrears pending to the IMF.
  — Golnar Motevalli, Bloomberg.com, 12 Mar. 2020
• If mini-BOTs’ sole purpose were to pay off arrears, investors would worry that the true intention was to leave the euro overnight.
  — The Economist, 28 June 2019
• All that has contributed to more than 4 million customers across the Golden State with accounts in arrears.
  — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2023
• None of the NATO allies are in arrears on these contributions.
  — Peter Baker, The Seattle Times, 27 May 2017
• Fully ten months after the relief was allocated, less than a quarter of ERA funds had found their way to renters in arrears.
  — Matthew Desmond, The New York Review of Books, 28 Dec. 2023
• The head of the bank said in September that the dictatorships in Havana and Caracas have outstanding loans of $1 billion and both are in arrears.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 29 Oct. 2018
• One of the complaints aired in the open letter is that payments to the moderators, who receive a small stipend, are already in arrears and will be delayed for two more months.
  — WIRED, 7 Aug. 2023
• One of the complaints aired in the open letter is that payments to the moderators, who receive a small stipend, are already in arrears and will be delayed for two more months.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 8 Aug. 2023
• That year, the kibbutzim signed an agreement to restructure their arrears.
  — Rory Jones, WSJ, 13 Oct. 2017
• The agency is also signing agreements with city halls across the region to manage tasks such as the recovery of tax arrears, the document said.
  — Esteban Duarte, Bloomberg.com, 31 Aug. 2017
• In the meantime, low-income households who are in arrears and facing shutoffs have the option of applying to OF for assistance.
  — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 31 July 2017
• On May 28th the lower house of parliament passed a non-binding motion calling on the government to bring down arrears, and to study mini-BOTs in detail.
  — The Economist, 28 June 2019
• But the lease is expired, the entity is in arrears and it has been cited by state investigators, Newsom said.
  — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
• Those people who may struggle with the larger than usual fee can enroll in the city’s payment plan programs, which offer the option to pay off their arrears over six or 12 months.
  — Ian Duncan, baltimoresun.com, 24 July 2019
• The north Londoners have six points from a possible six so far on the continent and had to show some mettle in their second group H match as Borisov pressed to reduce the arrears further.
  — SI.com, 29 Sep. 2017
• As a result, the government owes US$130 million in arrears to its fuel suppliers.
  — Vincent Joos, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2019
• The mutiny was followed by a two-week strike by civil servants demanding higher pay and arrears, adding to the government’s financial woes.
  — Olivier Monnier, Bloomberg.com, 12 May 2017

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024