| 词汇 | arrears |
| 释义 | arrearsar·rears /əˈrɪəz $ əˈrɪrz/ noun [plural] 1 be in arrears OWEif someone is in arrears, or if their payments are in arrears, they are late in paying something that they should pay regularly, such as rent 拖欠 Many people are in arrears with their rent. 许多人拖欠房租。 be four weeks/three months etc in arrears The rent money is two months in arrears. 租金已经拖欠了两个月。 fall/get into arrears (=become late with payments) 拖欠 Examples from the Corpus fall/get into arrears• Pat Rutter, 37, fell into arrears totalling £5,000 after she separated from her husband two years ago.• In February 1982, after C. and D. had fallen into arrears on the mortgage payments the building society obtained possession.• But the Hammonds fell into arrears in payment of the mortgage instalments due to the building society.• The assignee of a lease fell into arrears with the rent and the landlords brought an action against him in 1941.• Mr. Mahmoud was not a satisfactory tenant and soon fell into arrears with the rent.• There are also conditions preventing consumers from being unfairly penalised, if they get into arrears.• When they got into arrears, all four had to go.• The problem of a borrower who fell into arrears through no fault of his own should be handled sympathetically and positively. 2 OWEmoney that you owe someone because you have not made regular payments at the correct time 逾期欠款 We’ve got 3 months' arrears to pay. 我们有3个月的欠账要付。 rent/mortgage/tax arrears He was ordered to pay rent arrears of £550. 他被勒令支付拖欠的550英镑租金。 3 paid in arrears British EnglishBrEBEC if your salary is paid in arrears, it is paid at the end of the period you have worked 〔薪金〕工作期后付款 a salary paid monthly in arrears 每月后行支付的薪金 Examples from the Corpus arrears• The original proposal was for no guaranteed funding and payment to be in arrears.• Payment will be made in arrears every four weeks or quarterly, whichever you prefer.• When will America pay its arrears to the U.N.?• If interest payments are waived, the society is not obliged to pay arrears of interest in future years.• The difference was exacerbated by Parliament's refusal to pay off the army's arrears of pay.• Long-term arrears continued to rise as societies tried to keep families in their homes.• Sir George said that arrears represented 8.5 percent of the total rent collectable in the 1990/91 financial year. rent/mortgage/tax arrears• Now I've been informed that I have £200 rent arrears.• Argue, take advice - whatever - but rent arrears are a certain route to eviction.• Meanwhile, in August he had been ordered to pay nearly F19,000,000 in tax arrears and associated fines.• The Harris family had been given just two weeks to find eight thousand pounds in mortgage arrears.• The Harrises were given two weeks to pay off mortgage arrears of £8,000.• Mr Clark says his department will be collecting poll tax arrears for years to come.• Absence from property, rent arrears and unapproved subletting will put tenants at considerable risk of eviction.• Some Mortgage Arrears and Court Judgements are acceptable. From Longman Business Dictionary arrearsar·rears /əˈrɪəzəˈrɪrz/ noun [plural]FINANCE 1money that is owed because it has not been paid on time Unemployment is the biggest cause of mortgage arrears. arrears of outstanding arrears of rent 2be in arrears if someone is in arrears, or if their payments are in arrears, they are late in paying something that they should pay regularly One in eight mortgage payers is in arrears. 221,900 mortgages were more than six months in arrears. Thousands of couples are almost £1000 in arrears. 3fall/get into arrears to start to be in arrears Borrowers couldn’t afford to keep up their payments and so fell into arrears. 4be paid in arrears British EnglishBrE to receive your wages or payment for a service at the end of a period of time you have worked You will be paid monthly in arrears. (1400-1500) arrear “backward, behind” ((14-18 centuries)), from Old French arere, from Vulgar Latin ad retro “to the back” |
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