Definition of "arrearage" []

• The state of being behind in the fulfillment of obligations or of being overdue in payment. (noun)
• A payment owed. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "In other words, if you file Chapter 13 because you are three payments delinquent, your missed payments (the mortgage "arrearage") will be paid in your plan."
• "He's introduced a bill that would increase the State compensation for the wrongfully convicted to a still-meager $85,000.00 per year plus any child support arrearage and would bar anyone who accepts the money from bringing a civil rights case."
• "HAMP: Massive rejection rates, some after many months of trial payments, have many of us *worse* off, with arrearage, dinged credit and still no lower payment - just f.c."