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Webster 1913 Edition
Arrearage
Ar-rear′age
,Noun.
That which remains unpaid and overdue, after payment of a part; arrears.
The old
arrearages
. . . being defrayed. Howell.
Webster 1828 Edition
Arrearage
ARRE'ARAGE
, n.Arrears; any sum of money remaining unpaid, after previous payment of a part. A person may be in arrear for the whole amount of a debt; but arrears and arrearage imply that apart has been paid.