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Grammar : Verb
Spell : duhn
Phonetic Transcription : dʌn



Definition of dunning

Origin :
  • "to insist on payment of debt," 1620s, perhaps related to dunnen "to sound, resound, make a din" (c.1200, dialectal variant of din), or shortened from dunkirk (c.1600) "privateer," a private vessel licensed to attack enemy ships during wartime, from Dunkirk, French port from which they sailed. The oldest theory traces it to a Joe Dun, supposedly a London bailiff famous for catching defaulters. Related: Dunned; dunning. As a noun from 1620s.
  • As in worry : verb be or make anxious, troubled
  • As in bill : verb charge money for goods, services
  • As in demand : verb ask strongly for something
  • As in hassle : verb bother, harass
  • As in importune : verb demand, insist
Example sentences :
  • "To avoid the rascally impertinence of dunning," answered the witness.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; » by Various
  • If you will put your men on horses, Mr. Dunning, they can help like everything.
  • Extract from : « Whispering Smith » by Frank H. Spearman
  • “Miss Dunning, take the note-book,” begged Whispering Smith.
  • Extract from : « Whispering Smith » by Frank H. Spearman
  • If you will have it so, Mr. Dunning, you may stand watch to-night and I will go to the house.
  • Extract from : « Whispering Smith » by Frank H. Spearman
  • You were heard to say as much to-night at the Dunning ranch.
  • Extract from : « Whispering Smith » by Frank H. Spearman
  • I am impatient to receive your approbation of Dunning's Bill.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third » by The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
  • He went to the coffee-house frequented by him, and asked a waiter if Mr. Dunning was there.
  • Extract from : « The Jest Book » by Mark Lemon
  • A dunning letter from a tailor; I suppose he must have got wind of our leaving.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) » by Various
  • I heard Mr Dunning, as he passed me, apostrophising the night as dark as Erebus.
  • Extract from : « Peter the Whaler » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • Captain Dunning turned to the doctor with a look of intense surprise.
  • Extract from : « The Red Eric » by R.M. Ballantyne

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