[uh-reer] 
| 1. | Usually, arrears. the state of being behind or late, esp. in the fulfillment of a duty, promise, obligation, or the like. |
| 2. | Often, arrears. something overdue in payment; a debt that remains unpaid. |
| ar·rears (ə-rîrz') pl.n.
[Middle English arrers, from arrere, behind, from Old French arere, from Vulgar Latin *ad retrō, backward : Latin ad, to; see ad- + Latin retrō, behind; see re- in Indo-European roots.] |
