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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. behind schedule;
- Example: "was behindhand with the rent"


ADVERB (1)

1. in debt;
- Example: "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"
- Example: "a month behind in the rent"
- Example: "a company that has been run behindhand for years"
- Example: "in arrears with their utility bills"
[syn: behind, behindhand, in arrears]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Behindhand \Be*hind"hand`\, adv. & a. [Behind + hand.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. In arrears financially; in a state where expenditures have
      exceeded the receipt of funds.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. In a state of backwardness, in respect to what is
      seasonable or appropriate, or as to what should have been
      accomplished; not equally forward with some other person
      or thing; dilatory; backward; late; tardy; as, behindhand
      in studies or in work.
      [1913 Webster]

            In this also [dress] the country are very much
            behindhand.                           --Addison.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

behindhand
    adv 1: in debt; "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"; "a
           month behind in the rent"; "a company that has been run
           behindhand for years"; "in arrears with their utility
           bills" [syn: behind, behindhand, in arrears]
    adj 1: behind schedule; "was behindhand with the rent"