What is "dunning"

Dun \Dun\ (d[u^]n), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Dunned (d[u^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Dunning (d[u^]n"n[i^]ng).] [AS. dyne noise, dynian to make a noise, or fr. Icel. dynr, duna, noise, thunder, duna to thunder; the same word as E. din. [root]74. See Din.] To ask or beset (e.g., a debtor), for payment; to urge importunately.

Hath she sent so soon to dun?
--Swift.

n. Attempt to collect a debt. vb. (present participle of dun English)

1. adj. of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color; "the dun and dreary prairie"

2. [also: dunning, dunned, dunnest, dunner]

1. v. treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" [syn: torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, frustrate]

2. persistently ask for overdue payment; "The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone"

3. cure by salting; "dun codfish"

4. make a dun color

5. [also: dunning, dunned, dunnest, dunner]

1. n. horse of a dull brownish gray color

2. a color varying around light grayish brown; "she wore a dun raincoat" [syn: grayish brown, greyish brown, fawn]

3. [also: dunning, dunned, dunnest, dunner]

See dun

Dunning is a small village in Perth and Kinross in Scotland with a population of about 1,000. The village is built around the 12th-13th century former parish church of St. Serf, where the Dupplin Cross is displayed ( Historic Scotland; open in summer without entrance charge). It is in Strathearn, the valley of the River Earn, north of the Ochil Hills. It is just south of the A9, between Auchterarder and Perth.

Dunning is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Brian Dunning (author) (born 1965), host of Skeptoid podcast
• Charles Avery Dunning, Canadian politician
• Charles Dunning (rugby) (died 1955), rugby league player
• Chester Dunning, Texas historian and specialist in Russian studies
• Darren Dunning, English footballer
• Debbe Dunning, American actress
• Edwin Harris Dunning, British pilot, first to land an aircraft on a ship
• Eric Dunning, sociologist
• George Dunning, British animator
• Henry Dunning Macleod (1821–1902), Scottish economist
• Henry Dunning Moore (1817–1887), American politician
• Jack Dunning, New Zealand cricketer
• John Dunning (disambiguation), several people including
  • John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton, English politician of the eighteenth century
  • John Dunning (film editor), American Academy Award-winning film editor
  • John H. Dunning, British economist (June 26, 1927 - January 29, 2009)
  • John R. Dunning, American physicist
• Matt Dunning (born 1978), Canadian rugby player who plays for
• Nick Dunning (born 1959), English actor
• Paris C. Dunning, governor of Indiana
• Philo Dunning, American politician
• Steve Dunning, a former American baseball player
• Thomas Dunning (1799–1873), English trade unionist
• William Archibald Dunning (1857-1922), historian for whom the Dunning School of Reconstruction historiography is named

Dunning is the process of methodically communicating with customers to ensure the collection of accounts receivable. Communications progress from gentle reminders to threatening letters and phone calls and more or less intimidating location visits as accounts become more overdue. Laws in each country regulate the form that dunning can take. It is generally unlawful to harass or threaten consumers. It is acceptable to issue firm reminders and to take all allowable collection options.

The word stems from the 17th century verb dun, meaning to demand payment of a debt.

Dunning is a small village in Perth and Kinross in Scotland with a population of about 1000.

Dunning may also refer to:

• Dunning, Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Dunning, Nebraska, United States
• Dunning (process), the process of methodically communicating with customers to ensure the collection of accounts receivable
• Dunning (surname), a surname