Arrear vs Outstanding - What's the difference?
arrear | outstanding |
(obsolete) Towards the rear, backwards.
* 1591 , Edmund Spenser, Virgil's Gnat , ll. 465-8:
(obsolete) Behind time; overdue.
* 1803 , Edward Hyde East, Reports of cases Argued and determined in the Court of King's Bench , London 1814, vol. 3, p. 559:
Work to be done, obligation.
Unpaid debt.
prominent or noticeable; standing out from others
exceptionally good; distinguished from others by its superiority
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* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 29
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal
, work=BBC Sport
projecting outwards
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unresolved; not settled or finished
owed as a debt
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As an adverb arrear
is (obsolete) towards the rear, backwards.As a noun arrear
is work to be done, obligation.As an adjective outstanding is
prominent or noticeable; standing out from others.arrear
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- She, (Ladie) having well before approoved / The feends to be too cruell and severe, / Observ'd th' appointed way, as her behooved, / Ne ever did her ey-sight turne arere [...].
- In case the annuity should be arrear for sixty days being lawfully demanded, then the trustee might enter upon the premises assigned [...].
Noun
(en noun)- I have a large arrear of letters to write. -- J. D. Forbes.
- My own work, with its manifold arrears , took me all day to clear off. -- Stoker, Dracula
outstanding
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=The Gunners captain demonstrated his importance to the team by taking his tally to an outstanding 28 goals in 27 Premier League games as Chelsea slumped again after their shock defeat at QPR last week.}}