dun

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.]

dun² (dŭn)
n.

1. An almost neutral brownish gray to dull grayish brown.
2. A fishing fly having this color.
3. A horse of this color.

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

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To request payment of past due money. An example is a supplier who asks the customer to remit payment for an account due beyond the original terms of sale.

Brown discoloration in salted fish caused by mould growth.

A coat color, generally a yellow varying from gray-yellow to light yellow, always with a brown stripe from the wither to the tail butt.

IN BRIEF: To make repeated and insistent demand upon for payment. Also: a light tan horse with a black mane and tail.

A tax collector will dun a debtor until the debt is paid.

Tutor's tip: The craftsman knew the leather belt was "done" (performed, completed) when it turned a nice "dun" (a brownish gray) color.

Dansk (Danish)
1.
adj. - gråbrun, dyster
n. - gråbrun farve, gråbrun hest, mørk flue

2.
v. tr. - rykke for betaling af gæld, plage
n. - pågående inkassator, rykker, opkrævning

3.
n. - voldanlæg

Nederlands (Dutch)
aanmaning, grijsbruin paard, schuldeiser, donkere kunstvlieg, muisgrijs, donkere grijsbruine kleur, lastigvallen, grijsbruin kleuren/maken, betaling eisen

Français (French)
1.
adj. - brun foncé, brun grisâtre
n. - cheval louvet, jument louvette

2.
v. tr. - harceler, relancer
n. - demande de remboursement

3.
n. - (Écosse, Ir) village fortifié en pierres

Deutsch (German)
1.
adj. - graubraun, mausgrau, (fig) dunkel
n. - Graubraun, graubraunes Pferd

2.
v. - (auf Zahlung) drängen, belästigen, anmahnen
n. - Mahnbescheid, Schuldeneintreiber

3.
n. - befestigte Siedlung aus Stein in Schottland oder Irland
cont. - weiß nicht, (Abk) weiß nicht

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σκούρο γκρι-καφέ χρώμα, άλογο αυτού του χρώματος, τεχνητό δόλωμα με μορφή εντόμου, εισπράκτορας χρεών, αξίωση πληρωμής
v. - πιέζω (οφειλέτη) για εξόφληση

Italiano (Italian)
sollecito, promemoria, creditore importuno, cavallo grigio-bruno, sollecitare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cobrador (m), colina (f)
v. - importunar um devedor

Русский (Russian)
надоедать, отчистить, серовато-коричневый

Español (Spanish)
1.
adj. - pardo
n. - petición de reembolso, acreedor insistente, importunar a alguien para cobrar una deuda

2.
v. tr. - acreedor insistente, importunar a alguien para cobrar una deuda
n. - pardo, sombrío

3.
n. - asentamiento fortificado hecho de piedra en Escocia o Irlanda

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gråbrunt, råttfärgad
v. - kräva

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 催讨, 催促者, 讨债者

2. 暗褐色

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 催討
n. - 催促者, 討債者

2.
n. - 暗褐色

한국어 (Korean)
1.
adj. - 우울한
n. - 암갈색

2.
v. tr. - 귀찮게 굴다, 빚 독촉을 하다
n. - 빚 독촉장

3.
n. - (스코틀랜드나 아일랜드의) 돌로 쌓은 요새

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 借金の催促, しつこい借金取り, 灰褐色, 川原毛の馬
v. - うるさく悩ます, 灰褐色にする, 暗くする
adj. - 灰褐色の, 川原毛の, 薄暗い

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) لون أشهب ( سكني باهت مائل للبني), حصان أشهب, جابي الديون, الشخص الذي يطالب بدفع الديون بإلحاح (فعل) يطالب بإلحاح دفع الدين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮תבע סילוק החוב‬
n. - ‮תביעה לתשלום חוב, גובה-חובות, נושה מציק‬
n. - ‮סוס (חום-אפור), צבע חום-אפרפר‬
n. - ‮יישוב בנוי באבן ומבוצר בסקוטלנד או אירלנד‬

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