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  • 111due — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. owed, owing, payable, outstanding, unpaid; rightful, proper, fit, appropriate, apropos; lawful, licit. See justice, rightness, expedience, debt, duty, effect. n. reward, deserts. See compensation,… …

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  • 112liability — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Responsibility Nouns 1. liability, liableness, responsibility, possibility, probability, contingency, susceptibility; duty; liabilities, debts (see debt); drawback (see hindrance). See tendency. 2.… …

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  • 113accumulated dividend — A dividend that has not been paid to a holder of cumulative preference shares and is carried forward (i.e. accumulated) to the next accounting period. It represents a liability to the company. The Companies Act requires that where any fixed… …

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  • 114accumulated dividend — A dividend that has not been paid to a holder of cumulative preference shares and is carried forward (i. e. accumulated) to the next accounting period. It represents a liability to the company. The Companies Act requires that where any fixed… …

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  • 115debt — debt, indebtedness, obligation, liability, debit, arrear mean something, and especially a sum of money, that is owed another. Debt usually implies that the amount is owed in return for goods, property, or services and can be definitely computed… …

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  • 116arrear — ar•rear [[t]əˈrɪər[/t]] n. 1) bus Usu., arrears. the state of being late in repaying a debt:to be in arrears with mortgage payments. 2) bus Often, arrears. a debt that remains unpaid • Etymology: 1300–50; n. use of arrear (adv., now obs.), ME… …

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  • 117arrearage — [ə rir′ij] n. [ME arerage < OFr arierage < ariere: see ARREARS] 1. the state of being in arrears 2. arrears …

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  • 118arrear — əˈri(ə)r, iə also aˈ noun ( s) Etymology: obsolete arrear, adverb, behindhand, from Middle English arrere behind, backward, from Middle French, from Old French ariere, arriere, arrere, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin ad retro backward, from Latin ad… …

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  • 119Arrear — Ar*rear , n. That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part has been paid; arrearage; commonly used in the plural, as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes. Locke.… …

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  • 120In arrear — Arrear Ar*rear , n. That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part has been paid; arrearage; commonly used in the plural, as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes.… …

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