in arrears

Idioms  

1. Late or behind, especially in payment of money. For example, He's been in arrears on his rent so often that he may be evicted. [First half of 1600s]

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Example Sentences

Inflation also undermines the value of Social Security payments, because the annual cost-of-living adjustments come a year in arrears.

From MarketWatch

They included a couple now £13,000 in arrears on a home they bought, and a woman who faced the repossession of a house she left following a marriage breakdown 15 years earlier.

From BBC

The Bureau of Economic Analysis is also deeply in arrears in terms of data release, having last published its PCE inflation report for the month of August on Sept. 26.

From Barron's

Last year, Reynolds helped defuse a crisis when dozens of veterans living on the West Los Angeles campus fell in arrears and received eviction notices.

From Los Angeles Times

There’s no indication in the memo or otherwise that the loans were ever in arrears or in default, or otherwise impaired in any way.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• expected
• outstanding
• overdue
• owed
• payable
• scheduled