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• n  the state of being behind in payments
  an account in arrears
• n  an unpaid overdue debt

• Rabbis' salaries were running in arrears.
• In fact, Congress has passed two bills authorizing payment of the arrears.
• To celebrate his third marriage (to Socialite Loelia Ponsonby) in 1930, he granted his poorer tenants remission of arrears and a week's free rent, but hoped in vain for a son to .

News & Articles

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• Zimbabwe agrees to IMF monitoring programme: Finance minister
  HARARE (Reuters) - The IMF has approved Zimbabwe's plan to clear billions of dollars of arrears, while Harare has agreed to enter a staff-monitored programme with the Fund, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said on Friday. The move marks a major step towards Zimbabwe normalising relations with the International Monetary Fund, which suspended its voting rights in 2003 over policy differences with ...
  June 7, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• IMF says agrees to monitor Zimbabwe, first since 1999
  WASHINGTON/HARARE (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Friday it has agreed with Zimbabwe to monitor the country's programs until the end of the year, paving the way for this sub-Saharan nation to clear billions of dollars of its debt arrears. The move marks a major step towards Zimbabwe normalizing relations with the IMF, which suspended its voting rights in 2003 over policy ...
  June 7, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• David Wolf in London Free Press
  In sum, the relatively low level of mortgage arrears in Canada is of no comfort to us. Delinquencies are a lagging indicator. Relying on them as a forecasting tool is like driving while looking in the rear-view mirror. It'sa good way to crash,...
• Enda Kenny in Belfast Telegraph
  It appears very clearly from this report, Taoiseach, that there will be no Nama for those in negative equity, there will be no sweet-heart deals for those in mortgage arrears or negative equity,Mr Kenny said in the Dail. "And this...
• P Chidambaram in Hindu
  The government will continue to support them (loss-making PSUs) for wage arrears up to March 31,Home Minister P Chidambaram told reporters after the CCEA meeting.