arrears
🇺🇸
/əˈrɪrz/
🇬🇧
/əˈrɪəz/
Money that was supposed to be paid earlier but wasn't.
He finally paid his arrears for the library books he had forgotten to return on time.
그는 마침내 제시간에 반환하는 것을 잊어버린 도서관 책에 대한 연체료를 납부하였다.