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Meanings of in arrears in English

Spanish
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In debt.

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Examples for "behind"
Examples for "behind"
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Organised crime was likely behind the attacks, the state attorney general said.
The Irish Times
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Future research is needed to better understand the reasons behind these differences.
Pubmed
3
It has over 120 million users, its second largest market behind India.
Reuters
4
However he said he preferred to discuss the issue behind closed doors.
The Irish Times
5
North America is Honda's largest market and GM's second largest behind China.
Reuters
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If the works hang fire and get behindhand, then they will suffer.
The Spinners
2
It does seem as though I allus was behindhand with my work.
Janice Day at Poketown
3
Providence soon frowned on me again, and I got behindhand, as usual.
The Wonders of Prayer / A Record of Well Authenticated and Wonde...
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And their assembled friends, being not a bit behindhand, laughed out lustily.
Short Stories Old and New
5
And their assembled friends being not a bit behindhand, roared out, lustily.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6
Usage of in arrears in English
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The government has for years owed hospitals millions of dollars in arrears.
Reuters
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The government feared the political fall-out of moves against borrowers in arrears.
The Irish Times
3
The business of the Supreme Court is at present largely in arrears.
State of the Union Addresses
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My experience is tenants who pay in arrears are not good tenants.
The Irish Times
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Readers ask about defying their surveyor and management fees being in arrears.
The Irish Times
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But the thought of her rent in arrears changed her half-formed intention.
Paul the Peddler; Or, The Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant
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Nevertheless, and hate it though he might, our pay was in arrears.
Corporal Sam and Other Stories
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Always in arrears, they be, waiting on flock to pay thine coin.
Caleb's crossing
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Your interest is everywhere in arrears; your current account overdrawn to the limit.
Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich
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I had a letter just this morning, saying I was £122 in arrears.
The Guardian
11
Shelter estimated a quarter of a million renters were in arrears.
The Guardian
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Finally, he got in arrears with the agent of Mr. Moneylove, his landlord.
The Lights and Shadows of Real Life
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There are a good many members who are in arrears with their fees.
My Discovery of England
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To arrive at these conclusions put him five minutes in arrears.
The Flaw in the Sapphire
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Only Somalia, Sudan and Zimbabwe are in arrears to the IMF.
Reuters
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This was a young man who was forty-three cents in arrears.
The Magic Egg, and Other Stories
Translations for in arrears