arrearage

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ar=rear=age

CIDE DICTIONARY

arrearage, n. [F. arrérage, fr. arrière, OF. arere. See Arrear.].

 That which remains unpaid and overdue, after payment of a part; arrears.  [1913 Webster]
"The old arrearages . . . being defrayed."  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

arrearage

arrear, arrears, back debts, back payments, bouncing check, break, debt, decline, defalcation, default, defect, defectiveness, deferred payments, deficiency, deficit, deficit financing, delinquency, discontinuity, dollar gap, due, failure, falling short, gap, hiatus, imperfection, inadequacy, indebtedness, inferiority, insufficiency, interval, lack, lacuna, liability, missing link, need, obligation, omission, outage, overdraft, short measure, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, slump, ullage, underage, want, wantage