arrears
noun /əˈrɪəz/
/əˈrɪrz/
[plural]Idioms - money that somebody owes that they have not paid at the right time
逾期欠款 - rent/mortgage/tax arrears
拖欠租金／按揭贷款／税款
Topics Moneyc2, Houses and homesc2- The country had accumulated arrears of $80 million on loans of $400 million.
该国 4 亿美元的贷款已累计拖欠 8,000 万美元。 - The government has agreed to pay all arrears owed to members of the armed forces.
政府已同意付清所有拖欠的军饷。 - The local authority must try to recover arrears of rent.
地方当局必须尽量追回拖欠的租金。 - There have been sharp increases in arrears on interest payments.
拖欠支付利息的现象急剧增加。 - The family is facing eviction over mortgage arrears.
这个家庭因拖欠抵押贷款而面临被驱逐。 - Unions are demanding the settlement of pay arrears.
工会正要求解决工资拖欠问题。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- debt
- mortgage
- rent
- …
- fall into
- get into
- owe
- …
- amount to something
- total something
- in arrears
- arrears on
词源Middle English (first used in the phrase in arrear): from arrear (adverb) ‘behind, overdue’, from Old French arere, from medieval Latin adretro, from ad- ‘towards’ + retro ‘backwards’. - rent/mortgage/tax arrears
Idioms
be in arrears | get/fall into arrears
- to be late in paying money that you owe
到期未付；拖欠 - We're two months in arrears with the rent.
我们拖欠了两个月的租金。 - Our tenants have fallen into arrears with their rent.
我们的房客已经拖欠了租金。
- We're two months in arrears with the rent.
in arrears
- if money or a person is paid in arrears for work, the money is paid after the work has been done
后付；拖欠；拖延 - You will be paid monthly in arrears.
你的工资将按月后付。
- You will be paid monthly in arrears.