arrears

英 [əˈrɪəz]

美 [əˈrɪrz]

n. 逾期欠款

复数：arrears　

Collins.1 / BNC.8104

习惯用语

be in arrears

get/fall into arrears

in arrears

后付；拖欠；拖延
if money or a person is paid in arrears for work, the money is paid after the work has been done

noun

逾期欠款
money that sb owes that they have not paid at the right time
1. rent/mortgage/tax arrears
  拖欠租金 / 按揭贷款 / 税款

N-PLURAL 应付欠款；（尤指）逾期债款
Arrearsare amounts of money that you owe, especially regular payments that you should have made earlier.
1. They have promised to pay the arrears over the next five years...
  他们保证在随后的5年内偿付逾期债款。
2. These 50,000 arrears cases represent a tiny fraction of all home owners.
  这5万个欠款案例只代表所有业主中的一小部分人。
PHRASE 拖欠（付款）
If someone isin arrears withtheir payments, or has gotinto arrears, they have not paid the regular amounts of money that they should have paid.
1. ...the 300,000 households who are more than six months in arrears with their mortgages.
  拖欠抵押贷款超过6个月的30万户家庭
2. ...debtor countries which fall into arrears with the banks.
  拖欠银行贷款的债务国
PHRASE （工资等）后付的
If sums of money such as wages or taxes are paidin arrears, they are paid at the end of the period of time to which they relate, for example after a job has been done and the wages have been earned.
1. Unemployment benefit is paid fortnightly in arrears.
  失业救济金延后两个星期支付。
PHRASE （体育比赛中成绩或比分）落后的
If someone isin arrearsin a sports match or race, they are not winning, because they have a lower score or slower time than other competitors.
1. Davies finished almost two seconds in arrears for third place.
  戴维斯落后了差不多两秒，获得第三名。

noun

The Subscription of Avoidance of Pursuing Tax Arrears; The company is guilty of evading the vat regulations.
论逃避追缴欠税罪认定中的几个问题裁定该公司犯有逃避增值税规定管辖的罪行。
The company finally paid the turnover tax in arrears.
这间公司终于补交了他们偷漏的流转税。
As unemployment spreads and wages fall, mortgage arrears and defaults soar.
随着失业率的提高和工资的下降，按揭贷款拖欠和违约的情况会出现激增。
Most of his other few possessions had long since been sold to pay arrears of rent.
他的其他一些不多的财产大部分都早已被变卖还了欠租。
Bailiffs need a certificate from the county court to seize goods for rent arrears.
查封官需要有郡法院的证明才能没收货物以抵欠租。
Cleaning up Loans in Arrears and Quickening the Fund Turnover of Enterprise.
（七）清理拖欠货款，加快企业资金周转。
It is reported that this factory has falen into arrears with workers'wages.
据报道，这家工厂拖次了工人工资。
High percentage of payment in arrears has done serious harm to the development of construction industry.
历年全国拖欠工程款的数额都居高不下，给施工企业的发展带来了严重危害。
They are urgent for payment of arrears of wages.
他们催讨拖欠的工钱。
EXAMPLE: The tenant lost his job and soon his rent payments were in arrears.
房客失去了工作，不久他便拖欠租金。