Definition of "dunning" [dunning]

• Attempt to collect a debt. (noun)
• Present participle of dun. (verb)

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• "Earthquake seemed the favourite affliction, though there was one man, with a bill, who persisted in dunning me throughout the night."
• "Earthquake seemed the favorite affliction, though there was one man, with a bill, who persisted in dunning me throughout the night."
• "Mr. Fairchild of YUSA, the auto-parts company Ohio is dunning for part of a past grant, says, "Frankly, you wonder whether...they are trying to chase industry clean out of here, and beat us with a stick until we finally say, 'The heck with you.'""