Money
Synonyms for arrears
The synonym for arrears recorded in this bank is arrearage, in the sense "money that is owed and overdue". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for arrears
- arrearagenoun, in the sense "money that is owed and overdue"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day arrears is audited in a second meaning.
money that is owed and overdue
The tenant's arrears had grown to nearly six months of rent.
The true synonym
arrearage
Same sentence, swapped: The tenant's arrearage had grown to nearly six months of rent.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for arrears in the sentence quoted.
- credit
- refund
- premium
Where arrears turns up in the game
arrears is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play arrears
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so arrears reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from money at High Camp outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. arrears carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.