Complete Definition of "arrear"

English

Noun
en-noun

  1. Work to be done, obligation.

#:I have a large arrear of letters to write. -- J. D. Forbes.
#:My own work, with its manifold arrears, took me all day to clear off. -- Stoker, Dracula

  1. Unpaid debt.

Adverb
en-adv

  1. rfv-sense behind, backward

#:(--) rent considerably in arrear, and heartless landlady threatening expulsion (--) -- Dickens: Our Mutual Friend


Spanish

Verb
infl|es|verb

  1. To urge.

Conjugation
es-conj-ar|arre

Category:Spanish verbs ending in -ar

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