Definitions For Arrear

Noun

ARREAR (plural ARREARs) Work to be done, obligation. Unpaid debt. That which is in the rear or behind.

Translations

Dutch: achterstand Finnish: rästi, rästityö, tekemätön työ French: arriéré Hungarian: elmaradás, lemaradás, restancia Interlingue: rest Italian: arretrato Russian: обязанность, завал, m {{qualifier, informal}} Swedish: beting, n, bakläxa, c Armenian: ապառք Danish: (udestående, ubetalt) gæld, c Dutch: achterstallige betaling Finnish: erääntynyt velka; verojäämä {{q, tax debt}} French: arriéré German: Rückstand, m, Zahlungsrückstand, m Hungarian: hátralék, elmaradás Interlingue: summa ínpayat Maori: utu tārewa Norwegian: : Bokmål: utestående, betalingsetterskudd, ubetalt gjeld, m, f Portuguese: atrasdos, m-p Russian: задолженность Spanish: deuda vencida, f Swedish: (återstående, utestående, obetald) skuld, c, efterskott, n Turkish: bakiye, ödenmemiş borç {{C, en, Finance}}

Adverb

{{en-adv}} (obsolete) Towards the rear, backwards. 14th-16th c. (obsolete) Behind time; overdue. 15th-19th c.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French arere, ariere, from {{der, en, VL., *ad retro, , to the rear}}.

Is Arrear a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
6
Words with Friends
6

The word Arrear is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends

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