arrears
US: /ɝˈɪɹz/
UK: /ɐɹˈiəz/
UK: /ɐɹˈiəz/
English Vietnamese dictionary
arrears
- danh từ
- tiền nợ lẽ ra phải trả trước đó; nợ còn khất lại
- arrears of salary
- tiền lương còn khất lại, còn thiếu lại (chưa trả)
- rent arrears: tiền thuê nhà còn khất lại
- việc chưa làm xong
- arrears of correspondence: thư từ tồn đọng (chưa giải quyết hoặc phúc đáp)
- to be in arrears with something; to fall into arrears with something: chậm trả tiền nợ; chậm làm một việc gì
- I've fallen into arrears with my rent: tôi đã chậm trả tiền thuê nhà
- I'm in arrears with the housework: tôi còn công việc nội trợ chưa làm
- payment is made in arrears: tiền sẽ thanh toán sau (nghĩa là khi làm xong việc)
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
[pl.] money that sb owes that they have not paid at the right time: rent / mortgage / tax arrears
Idioms: be in arrears
get / fall into arrears to be late in paying money that you owe: 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
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
debt, mortgage, rent, tax
VERB + ARREARS
fall into, get into, owe
They fell into arrears with their rent. The government has agreed to pay all arrears owed to members of the armed forces.
| accumulate
The country had accumulated arrears of $80 million on loans of $400 million.
| pay (off)
struggling to pay off her mortgage arrears
| recover
The local authority must try to recover arrears of rent.
ARREARS + VERB
amount to sth, total sth
By this time the arrears amounted to £12,000.
PREP.
in ~
She was six months in arrears with the mortgage. You will be paid monthly in arrears.
| ~ on
There have been sharp increases in arrears on interest payments.
Concise English dictionary
noun
+the state of being behind in payments
+an unpaid overdue debt
