Vocabulary
Arrears
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
money that is owed and should have been paid earlier
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Commenting on Trump`s latest move, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said: `It`s the third US withdrawal from Unesco and the country hasn`t paid arrears for a long time.
- Although America`s contribution to Unesco`s budget is eight per cent, its arrears are, in fact, in the millions.
- This is one reason why Pakistan has accumulated large arrears with regard to its Chinese projects since 2019, and seeks rollovers of all maturing Chinese debt obligations as they come due.
- The clause covers the rebate enjoyed by teachers and researchers, and other notices served to the universities said that they will have to recover arrears from the previous two years as well.
- If the said rebate was withdrawn in 2022, how come everyone was asleep since then and only woke upin December 2024 to start demanding recovery of this tax, along with arrears?
Synonyms
debt, obligation
Antonyms
repayment assest, quittance
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