🟫 A dull color 🐴 A brownish horse 🌫️ Grayish-brown 💰 To demand payment 🧑‍💼 A debt collector 🍂 To turn brownish 🧂 To salt meat

dun

1 9.3

A person who repeatedly demands payment of a debt

noun
/dʌn/

: cobrador

The landlord hired a dun to collect the overdue rent from his tenant.

Examples

Dun, dun, dun.

Blog text (12)
After missing several payment deadlines, the company received a call from a dun demanding immediate payment.
A dun appeared at the door, insisting on collecting the outstanding balance for the services rendered.

Antonyms

debtor

36 4.1

A person or organization that owes money to someone else

Compounds

dun-colored

1 6.9

A dull greyish-brown color like the fur of some horses

How Persistent

harasser

11 6.3

dun

1 9.3

collector

60 2.8

creditor

76 3.0

Surface Forms

dun singular

duns plural

Etymology

Dun as a noun for a person who demands payment comes directly from the verb dun 'to demand', so a dun is simply someone who keeps asking for the money you owe.