单词 | in arrear |
释义 | > as lemmasin arrear I. in arrear. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] erea822 fernOE whileOE erera1000 whilereOE onceOE somewhile1154 whilomc1175 herebeforec1200 somewhilesa1250 yorea1250 orc1275 rather?a1300 erewhilec1305 sometimea1325 sometimec1330 at or in sometime1340 in arrear1340 heretoforea1375 fernyear1377 once upon a timec1380 behinds1382 beforetimea1393 of olda1393 erenow1393 umquhilea1400 erst14.. fornec1400 yore whilec1400 of before1402 late1423 abefore1431 beforetimes1449 whilesc1480 sometime1490 aforrow?a1513 behind1526 quondamc1540 in foretime(s?c1550 erstwhile1569 erstwhiles1569 aleare1581 erewhiles1584 sometimes1597 formerly1599 anciently1624 olim1645 somewhile since1652 quondamly1663 forepassed1664 sometimea1684 backward1691 historically1753 time back1812 had-been1835 when1962 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 165 Ase habbeþ ydo ine ariere and þe filozofe payen and þe holy Cristene man. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > position at the back > at the back or in the rear [phrase] in (also at) the rearward1402 at the back ofc1430 in rear1602 in the rear1602 in (also at, on) one's rear?1624 in arrear1642 in retard1836 in back1961 1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell v. 74 Mind and Tongue go commonly together, (and the first comes sometimes in the arreare). 3. Backward, behindhand as to state or condition. in arrear of: behind. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress [phrase] > behindhand in arrear1845 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 59 The arts of medicine and surgery are somewhat in arrear in Spain. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany 238 The science of natural history [was] in arrear of the arts. 4. a. Behind in the discharge of duties or liabilities; in indebtedness, in debt. Cf. arrearage n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [adverb] > in arrears in arrearagesa1325 behindc1375 in rerage (also in rerages)a1400 behindhand1530 in arrears1620 in arrear1621 back1875 1621 King James VI & I in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. i. 300 III. 169 If he once runne in arreare, he will ever goe bakkwarde. a1674 Earl of Clarendon Brief View Leviathan (1676) 297 Who in truth are in too great an arrear to him. 1678 R. L'Estrange tr. Seneca's Morals: Of Benefits xvi. 128 But when I have paid that, I am still in Arriere. 1713 R. Steele Englishman Pref. 6 The World is in Arrear to your Virtue. 1806–31 A. Knox Remains (1844) I. 70 I am two or three letters in arrear to different persons. b. in arrears: (with same meaning.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [adverb] > in arrears in arrearagesa1325 behindc1375 in rerage (also in rerages)a1400 behindhand1530 in arrears1620 in arrear1621 back1875 1620 Sir R. Naunton in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 140 The arreares they ar in for them. 1700 A. Charlett in Pepys' Diary VI. 228 I am very much in arrears to you for a thousand civilities. 1719 Free-thinker No. 93. 1 I am run deeply in Arrears to my Correspondents. 1810 C. Hutton Course Math. (ed. 6) I. 260 When an annuity is forborn for some years, or the payments not made for that time, the annuity is said to be in Arrears. II. Without in. 5. The hinder part of anything, especially of a train or procession; the rear. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > position at the back > [noun] > back part or rear hinder enda1382 back-half1408 backside1417 arse1510 rear1609 postern1611 back-enda1617 arreara1627 back1626 averse1655 posteriorsa1657 ass1700 tail-end1747 rear end1785 west side1829 arse-end1837 hindside1862 ass-end1934 a1627 J. Hayward Life & Raigne Edward Sixt (1630) 18 Lastly followed the Arrier wherein were betweene 3 and 4000 foote. 1661 P. Heylyn Ecclesia Restavrata (1674) II. 83 The Duke of Suffolk and Sir John Cheek..shutting up the arrear. 1869 W. H. Dixon Tower in C. Gibbon Casquet of Lit. (1877) IV. 132/1 A vessel firing guns in front, and a long arrear of craft behind. a. A portion held back; a deduction. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > non-payment > [noun] > portion of payment withheld arrear1768 1768 T. Simes Mil. Medley (ed. 2) Arriers, is a deduction made from the officers according to their full pay. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [noun] > subsequent event or act after-cominga1382 subsequence1563 consequenta1627 post-fact1631 train1638 arrear1659 sequent1833 post hoc1843 sequence1853 follow-on1879 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (i. 3 Annot.) 8/2 Though there were never an arrear behinde of eternal hell. 1676 W. Bates Considerations Existence of God xii. 227 There remains in another World a dreadful arrear of misery. 7. a. That wherein one has fallen behind. A duty or liability overdue and still remaining undischarged, esp. a debt remaining unpaid. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [noun] > leaving undone > that which is not done arrearagesc1315 arrear1658 undone1872 1658 R. Allestree Pract. Christian Graces; or, Whole Duty of Man xiv. §24. 304 When Josiah had destroyed idolatry..yet there was an old arreare of Manasseh his grandfather. 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 204 Nothing sat heavier upon his Spirits, than a great Arrear of Business. 1796 E. Burke Let. to Noble Lord in Wks. (1815) VIII. 4 Having so faithfully and so fully acquitted towards me whatever arrear of debt was left undischarged. 1840 C. Dickens Let. 10 Mar. (1969) II. 43 To you..I owe a long arrear of thanks. b. in plural. Outstanding liabilities, amounts, or balances; moneys due; debts. Also used as a singular. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [noun] > a debt > arrears arrearagesc1315 reragea1325 rest1447 remain1501 decay1546 by-run1573 remainder1597 arrears1648 bygonesa1676 arrearance1731 1648 N. Ward To Parl. at Westm. 24 To pay the late Arrears of the Army. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. I. 134 The Profits and long-detained Arreres of the Popes Patrimoniolum. a1711 T. Ken Preparatives for Death in Wks. (1721) IV. 11 The Blood of dying God alone, can for my vast Arrears atone. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. vii. 103 To obtain my arrears of pay, and some prize-money which I find due. 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation §1. 22 The arrears of two centuries require to be cleared off. 1902 Rep. Librarian Congress 30 They constitute a large arrears, which should be dealt with speedily. < as lemmas |
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