How Many Syllables in Arrears?

The word Arrears has 2 syllables: ar-rears.
Syllable division helps in understanding the word's structure, improving both pronunciation and spelling.
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Definition of Arrears

Arrears means unpaid or overdue debts or obligations.

How should Arrears divide into syllables

There are two syllables in this word. The first syllable 'a' has a vowel 'a' and the second syllable 'rrears' has vowels 'a' and 'e' and consonants 'r' and 's'.

Part of Speech - Arrears

He had to pay the arrears of his rent for the last three months.

Sentences with Arrears

• The company was in arrears for the rent of the office space.
• She had to pay the arrears on her credit card.
• He was behind on his mortgage payments and had to pay the arrears to avoid foreclosure.
• The government was in arrears on its payments to the contractors.
• He was struggling to pay his arrears and was facing legal action.
• The tenant was in arrears for the utility bills.
• She was in arrears for the child support payments.
• The company was in arrears for the taxes it owed to the government.
• He had to pay the arrears on his car loan to avoid repossession.
• The borrower was in arrears for the loan payments.

Quotes with Arrears

• I have a right to nothing which another has a right to take away, and this right in the present case is founded on the law of nature and of reason. - Edmund Burke
• The creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and times. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Creditors have better memories than debtors. - Benjamin Franklin
• The borrower is servant to the lender. - Proverbs 22:7
• He who goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing. - Benjamin Franklin

Number of characters in Arrears

7 ( a, r, r, e, a, r, s )

Unique letters in Arrears

4 ( a, r, e, s )

Arrears Backwards

sraerra

How to Pronounce Arrears

IPA (International): ɜ:ˈɪrz

ARA (American): ɝˈɪrz

EPA (English): ɜ:ˈɪrz

ER-IH-RZ