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Liability vs Arrear - What's the difference?

liability | arrear | Synonyms |

Liability is a synonym of arrear.


As nouns the difference between liability and arrear

is that liability is the condition of being liable while arrear is work to be done, obligation.

As an adverb arrear is

(obsolete) towards the rear, backwards.

liability

English

Noun

(wikipedia liability) (liabilities)
  • the condition of being liable.
  • an obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.
  • * 1901 , , (w, The Monkey's Paw)
  • "I was to say that Maw and Meggins disclaim all responsibility," continued the other. "They admit no liability at all, but in consideration of your son's services they wish to present you with a certain sum as compensation."
  • a handicap that holds one back.
  • the likelihood of something happening.
  • Antonyms

    * asset

    Derived terms

    * enterprise liability * secondary liability * vicarious liability

    arrear

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (obsolete) Towards the rear, backwards.
  • * 1591 , Edmund Spenser, Virgil's Gnat , ll. 465-8:
  • 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 [...].
  • (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:
  • 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)
  • Work to be done, obligation.
  • 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
  • Unpaid debt.