dun

dun

a demand for payment

Not to be confused with:

done – finished: all done for the day; cooked completely: Soup’s done.

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dun ¹

 (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.

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[Origin unknown.]

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dun ²

 (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.

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[Middle English, from Old English dunn, perhaps of Celtic origin.]

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dun

(dʌn)

vb, duns, dunning or dunned

(Banking & Finance) (tr) to press or importune (a debtor) for the payment of a debt

n

1. (Professions) a person, esp a hired agent, who importunes another for the payment of a debt

2. (Banking & Finance) a demand for payment, esp one in writing

[C17: of unknown origin]

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dun

(dʌn)

n

1. (Colours) a brownish-grey colour

2. (Colours) a horse of this colour

3. (Angling) angling

a. an immature adult mayfly (the subimago), esp one of the genus Ephemera

b. an artificial fly imitating this or a similar fly

adj, dunner or dunnest

4. (Colours) of a dun colour

5. dark and gloomy

[Old English dunn; related to Old Norse dunna wild duck, Middle Irish doun dark; see dusk]

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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]

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dun

Past participle: dunned
Gerund: dunning

Imperative

dun

dun

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dun - horse of a dull brownish grey color mount, 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 brown light brown - a brown that is light but unsaturated
Verb	1.	dun - treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" bedevil, rag, torment, crucify, frustrate madden - drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves beset, 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 color darken - 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

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dun

noun & adjective muddy coloured, khaki, brownish, mousy, greyish-brown her dun mare see shades of brown

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Translations

šedohnědý

Falbemahnen

perijävelkoja

bigioesattoresollecitare

gråbrungråbrunt

dun

¹ [dʌn] ADJ → pardo

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dun

² [dʌn] VT to dun sb → apremiar a algn para que pague lo que debe (fig) → dar la lata a algn

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dun

[ˈdʌn] adj (= grey-brown) → brun grisâtre

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dun

¹

adj → graubraun

n → Graubraun nt

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dun

²

vt → mahnen; to dun somebody for payment → bei jdm eine Zahlung anmahnen

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dun

[dʌn] adj → bigio/a, grigiastro/a

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