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• arrears — [ə rirz′] pl.n. 〚ME arrers < arrere, backward < OFr ariere < VL aretro < L ad, to + retro, behind〛 1. unpaid and overdue debts 2. unfinished business, work, etc. in arrears or in arrear behind in paying a debt, doing one s work, etc. * * *… …   Universalium

• arrears — mid 14c., in times past, from O.Fr. ariere behind, backward, from V.L. *ad retro, from L. ad to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + retro behind (see RETRO (Cf. retro )). Meaning balance due dates from early 15c.; phrase in arrears first …   Etymology dictionary

• arrears — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pl. See debt. II (Roget s IV) pl.n. Syn. back payments, overdue debts, unpaid debts, outstanding debts, unfinished work, obligations, deficiency, unpaid bills, deficit, debit, claim, arrearage,… …   English dictionary for students

• dividends in arrears — Dividends that are due but have not been paid. Dividends in arrears must be disclosed in the notes to the financial statements of a company. See: preference dividend …   Accounting dictionary

• rear — {{11}}rear (n.) hindmost part, c.1600, abstracted from rerewarde rear guard (c.1300), from Anglo Fr. rerewarde, O.Fr. rieregarde, from O.Fr. riere (from L. retro back, behind ) + O.Fr. garde (see GUARD (Cf. guard)). Or the word may be an aphetic… …   Etymology dictionary

• arrearage — [ə rir′ij] n. [ME arerage < OFr arierage < ariere: see ARREARS] 1. the state of being in arrears 2. arrears …   English World dictionary

• arrear — c.1300, at a disadvantage; mid 14c., in times past; late 14c., in or to the rear; see ARREARS (Cf. arrears). Meaning behind in duties or payments is from 1620s …   Etymology dictionary

• arrearage — (n.) unpaid debt, early 14c., from O.Fr. arierage detriment, prejudice (in a legal sense) (Mod.Fr. arrérage), from arere behind; see ARREARS (Cf. arrears) …   Etymology dictionary

• reredos — [rir′däs΄] n. [ME rerdos, aphetic < Anglo Fr areredos < OFr arere (see ARREARS) + dos, back (see DOSSER1)] an ornamental screen or partition wall behind an altar in a church …   English World dictionary

• arrearage — n. See arrears …   New dictionary of synonyms

• arrière-ban — [ar′ē er΄ban′; ] Fr [ ȧ ryer bän′] n. [Fr, altered by folk etym., after arrière (see ARREARS) < OFr harbon < OHG hariban, conscription < hari, army + ban, command under penalty] 1. in medieval France, a king s summoning of his vassals to …   English World dictionary