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dun
duna demand for payment
Not to be confused with:done – finished: all done for the day; cooked completely: Soup’s done.dun 1 D0336700 (dŭn)tr.v. dunned, dun·ning, duns To importune (a debtor) for payment: a dunning letter.n.1. One that duns.2. An importunate demand for payment.
[Origin unknown.]
dun 2 D0336700 (dŭn)n.1. An almost neutral brownish gray to dull grayish brown.2. A horse of this color.3. a. A mayfly in its first winged stage.b. An fishing fly that imitates such an insect.
[Middle English, from Old English dunn, perhaps of Celtic origin.]dun (dʌn) vb, duns, dunning or dunned (Banking & Finance) (tr) to press or importune (a debtor) for the payment of a debtn1. (Professions) a person, esp a hired agent, who importunes another for the payment of a debt2. (Banking & Finance) a demand for payment, esp one in writing[C17: of unknown origin]
dun (dʌn) n1. (Colours) a brownish-grey colour2. (Colours) a horse of this colour3. (Angling) angling a. an immature adult mayfly (the subimago), esp one of the genus Ephemerab. an artificial fly imitating this or a similar flyadj, dunner or dunnest4. (Colours) of a dun colour5. dark and gloomy[Old English dunn; related to Old Norse dunna wild duck, Middle Irish doun dark; see dusk]dun1 (dʌn)
v. dunned, dun•ning,
n. v.t. 1. to make repeated demands upon, esp. for the payment of a debt. n. 2. a person, esp. a creditor, who duns another. 3. a demand for payment, esp. a written one. [1620–30; orig. obscure] dun2 (dʌn)
adj. 1. dull grayish brown or grayish yellow. 2. dark; gloomy. n. 3. a dun color. 4. a dun-colored horse with a black mane and tail. 5. mayfly. [before 1000; Middle English dun(ne), Old English dunn] dun
Past participle: dunned
Gerund: dunning
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| I dun | | you dun | | he/she/it duns | | we dun | | you dun | | they dun |
| Preterite |
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| I dunned | | you dunned | | he/she/it dunned | | we dunned | | you dunned | | they dunned |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am dunning | | you are dunning | | he/she/it is dunning | | we are dunning | | you are dunning | | they are dunning |
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| I have dunned | | you have dunned | | he/she/it has dunned | | we have dunned | | you have dunned | | they have dunned |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was dunning | | you were dunning | | he/she/it was dunning | | we were dunning | | you were dunning | | they were dunning |
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| I had dunned | | you had dunned | | he/she/it had dunned | | we had dunned | | you had dunned | | they had dunned |
| Future |
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| I will dun | | you will dun | | he/she/it will dun | | we will dun | | you will dun | | they will dun |
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| I will have dunned | | you will have dunned | | he/she/it will have dunned | | we will have dunned | | you will have dunned | | they will have dunned |
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| I will be dunning | | you will be dunning | | he/she/it will be dunning | | we will be dunning | | you will be dunning | | they will be dunning |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been dunning | | you have been dunning | | he/she/it has been dunning | | we have been dunning | | you have been dunning | | they have been dunning |
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| I will have been dunning | | you will have been dunning | | he/she/it will have been dunning | | we will have been dunning | | you will have been dunning | | they will have been dunning |
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| I had been dunning | | you had been dunning | | he/she/it had been dunning | | we had been dunning | | you had been dunning | | they had been dunning |
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| I would dun | | you would dun | | he/she/it would dun | | we would dun | | you would dun | | they would dun |
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| I would have dunned | | you would have dunned | | he/she/it would have dunned | | we would have dunned | | you would have dunned | | they would have dunned |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  dun - horse of a dull brownish grey colormount, riding horse, saddle horse - a lightweight horse kept for riding only | | 2. | dun - a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color; "she wore dun"fawn, grayish brown, greyish brownlight brown - a brown that is light but unsaturated | | Verb | 1. |  dun - treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"bedevil, rag, torment, crucify, frustratemadden - drive up the wall; go on someone's nervesbeset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke - annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"hamstring - make ineffective or powerless; "The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules"badger, beleaguer, bug, pester, tease - annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"persecute, oppress - cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union" | | 2. | dun - persistently ask for overdue payment; "The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone"demand - request urgently and forcefully; "The victim's family is demanding compensation"; "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately"; "She demanded to see the manager" | | 3. | dun - cure by salting; "dun codfish"cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"cure - prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve; "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay" | | 4. | dun - make a dun colordarken - make dark or darker; "darken a room" | | Adj. | 1. | dun - of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color; "the dun and dreary prairie"chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue |
dunnoun & adjective muddy coloured, khaki, brownish, mousy, greyish-brown her dun mare see shades of brownTranslationsdun
dun (someone) for (something)To nag or bother someone to pay money owed. Don't answer the phone—creditors keep dunning me for money that I just don't have right now.See also: dundun someone for somethingto harass someone to pay a bill or deliver something. If you don't pay the bill, they will dun you for it day and night. My job is to dun people for payment of their bills.See also: dundun
dun1. a brownish-grey colour 2. a horse of this colour 3. Anglinga. an immature adult mayfly (the subimago), esp one of the genus Ephemera b. an artificial fly imitating this or a similar fly DUN(DialUp Networking) The dial-up networking capability in Windows 95/98. See Win Dial-up Networking.
See dunFinancialSeeDunningDUN
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dun
Synonyms for dunadj muddy colouredSynonyms- muddy coloured
- khaki
- brownish
- mousy
- greyish-brown
Synonyms for dunnoun horse of a dull brownish grey colorRelated Words- mount
- riding horse
- saddle horse
noun a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown colorSynonyms- fawn
- grayish brown
- greyish brown
Related Wordsverb treat cruellySynonyms- bedevil
- rag
- torment
- crucify
- frustrate
Related Words- madden
- beset
- chevvy
- chevy
- chivvy
- chivy
- harass
- harry
- hassle
- molest
- plague
- provoke
- hamstring
- badger
- beleaguer
- bug
- pester
- tease
- persecute
- oppress
verb persistently ask for overdue paymentRelated Wordsverb cure by saltingRelated Words- cookery
- cooking
- preparation
- cure
verb make a dun colorRelated Wordsadj of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey colorRelated Words |