Bible Dictionaries
Arrear

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(adv.) To or in the rear; behind; backwards.

(2):

(n.) That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part has been paid; arrearage; - commonly used in the plural, as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Arrear'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/arrear.html. 1828.