English Dictionary

dun

IPA（発音記号）

/dʌn/

名詞

可算名詞

(countable) A collector of debts, especially one who is insistent and demanding. / An urgent request or demand of payment.

日本語の意味

借金の回収業者、特にしつこく催促する者 / 金銭の支払いを催促する行為、またはその要求

When the dun arrived at the shop, the owner recognized him from the unpaid bills.

取り立て屋が店に来たとき、店主は未払金のことで彼だと気づいた。

意味（1）

(countable) A collector of debts, especially one who is insistent and demanding.

The truth is, Mr. Curl, I cannot write when I am plagued about trifles; and a tiresome dun this morning put to flight every idea that I had in the world. Mr. Maynard, said the bookseller, in a solemn tone, it is very wrong to run in debt.

意味（2）

An urgent request or demand of payment.

Miss Hoppin received a dun for volume 9 1840–1 which Mr. James McConnell, (who now pays the above) is sure was paid.

duns （ plural ）