Antonyms for arrearsar·rears

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1. • Debt
   • Indebtedness

Princeton's WordNet

1. arrearsnoun

   the state of being behind in payments

   "an account in arrears"

2. arrearsnoun

   an unpaid overdue debt

How to use arrears in a sentence?

1. Greg Brown:

   If tenants are back to work and have cash flow again, that may set them up to pay rent in the future, but you still need the relief to pay the arrears, the people who feel this the most are the small owners. Their income is the rental properties they have. They are the folks who are taking the most pain and suffering from the brunt of this experience. That's why we need this assistance.

2. Diane Yentel:

   Watching this impending eviction wave is hard because the solution is available, the money to address the arrears is available. It is enough money. We just need more time to get it to the landlords and tenants that need it.

3. Mark Steward:

   By not sufficiently understanding their customers' circumstances the banks risked treating unfairly more than a quarter of a million customers in mortgage arrears, over several years.

4. Human Rights Watch:

   This provision appears tailor-made to suppress organized gatherings to prevent evictions for mortgage default and rent arrears.

5. Oren Arnold:

   Don't expect too much of Christmas Day. You can't crowd into it any arrears of unselfishness and kindliness that may have accrued during the past twelve months.

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