n. | 1. | That which remains unpaid and overdue, after payment of a part; arrears. |
ARREARAGE. Money remaining unpaid after it becomes due as rent unpaid interest remaining due Pow. Mortgages, Index, h.t.; a sum of money remaining in the hands of an accountant. Merl. Rep. h.t.; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.
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