Synonyms for in arrears
in ar·rears

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1. behind, behindhand, in arrearsadverb

   in debt

   "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"; "a month behind in the rent"; "a company that has been run behindhand for years"; "in arrears with their utility bills"

   Synonyms:
   behind, slow, behindhand

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1. David Grayson:

   I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year. As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year. And thus I drift along into the holidays--let them overtake me unexpectedly--waking up some fine morning and suddenly saying to myself Why this is Christmas Day

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Human Rights Watch:

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