arrear
arrear · more arrear · most arrear
Towards the rear, backwardsTowards the rear, backwards.
UK/əˈɹɪə/US/əˈɹɪɹ/
» When you were a contractor, you were paid in advance, but when working for a salary, you will be paid in arrear.
Auride · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(obsolete)Towards the rear, backwards.
(obsolete)Behind time; overdue.
Examples
1 sentencesWhen you were a contractor, you were paid in advance, but when working for a salary, you will be paid in arrear.
Origin
From Middle English arere, from Old French arere, from Vulgar Latin *ad retro (literally “From Middle English arere, from Old French arere, from Vulgar Latin *ad retro (literally “to the rear”).
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Forms
more arrear, most arrear| Comparative | more arrear Lesson |
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| Superlative | most arrear |
regular
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.