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dun (dun)

adjective

dull grayish-brown

Etymology: ME & OE, akin to OS, chestnut-brown, ult. (? via Celt) < IE *dhus-no < base *dhus, dust-colored: see fury

noun

  1. a dull grayish brown
  2. a dun horse
  3. an artificial fishing fly of this color
  4. mayfly

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dun2 definition

dun (dun)

transitive verb, intransitive verb dunned, dunning dun′·ning

  1. to ask (a debtor) insistently or repeatedly for payment
  2. to annoy constantly

Etymology: ? dial. var. of din

noun

  1. a person who duns
  2. an insistent demand, esp. for payment of a debt

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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My exposure to the term was when I wrote computer programs for the company's Credit Department. I was advised "DUN" meant "Due Us Now"

Posted by Tom 55 days ago.

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