rerage

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noun

Money owed; overdue payment.

OriginLate Latin reragium ← Anglo-Norman arerage →
First used 14th–17th c.Scrabble 7
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Meanings

nounrerage (plural rerages)

plural rerages

  1. obsoleteMoney owed; overdue payment.First known use 14th–17th c.

    Also the duke of Burbone shall have his duchye and seniories and lordships agayne as he had before, and the kynge shall gyve to the duke all his rerages and customes that is growne or rune unto hym [...].

    c. 1541, The Chronicle of Calais, London, published 1846
  2. obsoleteThe state of being in debt.First known use 15th–17th c.

Origin

  1. Anglo-Normanarerage
  2. Late Latinreragium
  3. Englishrerage

Either aphetic form of arrearage; or directly from Late Latin reragium or its likely source, Anglo-Norman arerage.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Greearregearagreer
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APA

rerage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rerage

MLA

“rerage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rerage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rerage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rerage.

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