arrears
noun
money that you owe because you have failed to make payments at the correct time
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noun
a written statement showing how much money you owe someone for goods or services you have received
noun
an amount of money that you owe, especially when it is recorded in a company’s accounts or on a bank statement
noun
the total amount of money that the government of a country owes to banks and to other countries that it has borrowed from
adjective
money that is repayable over a particular period of time, or by a particular person, must be paid back by the end of that period or by that person
if you run up a bill or a debt, you owe someone a lot of money
noun
money that a bank or an institution lends to a student so that they can pay to do their course. Students pay the money back after finishing their studies.
noun
an amount that you owe, for example the cost of a hotel room, restaurant meals, and services
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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