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单词 dunning
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dunningn.1

Forms: see dun v.2 and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dun v.2, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < dun v.2 + -ing suffix1.
Obsolete.
The action of echoing or ringing with sound; loud, reverberating noise. Cf. dinning n.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [noun] > resonant sound
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Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 135 Dunnynge of sownde, bunda, bombus.
1486 J. Mirk's Liber Festiuall (Rood & Hunte) sig. miv/1 A man shulde vnethe here his felowe speke for donnyng of strokys.
a1500 Sir Orfeo (Harl.) (1966) l. 275 (MED) Þe kyng of fayre with his route Com..With dvnnyng & with blowyng.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

dunningn.2

Brit. /ˈdʌnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdənɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dun v.3, dun n.2, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < either dun v.3 or dun n.2 + -ing suffix1.
The action of making insistent or repeated demands for something, typically the repayment of a debt; (also) an instance of this; a demand for payment.
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1662 G. Torriano 2nd Alphabet Proverbial Phrases 169/1 Riscuoter, to go a dunning, or to take in moneys owing.
1674 J. Wright Mock-Thyestes iv, in tr. Seneca Thyestes 125 Cho. Let us hear it, with your favour... Nun. You shall know it ev'ry tittle. I'me one that need but little dunning.
1714 B. Mandeville Fable Bees i. 212 Without taking Notice of their dunning.
1726 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (ed. 2) xxxiii. 176 The continual dunnings and insolent menaces of their creditors.
1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy I. 149 Being much averse to dunning, I was soon sold up.
1887 Concologists' Exchange July 10/2 If after repeated dunnings you can get no reply, pass his name around, and warn your fellow exchanges to beware of him.
1938 Law & Contemp. Probl. 5 48 The first phase of the agency's activities in the collection of claims solicited by it is the dunning of the debtor.
2006 Philadelpia Inquirer (Nexis) 9 Apr. a1 The company was to oversee systems for producing bills and dunnings for late payments.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

dunningn.3

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dun v.1, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < dun v.1 + -ing suffix1.
U.S. regional (New England). Obsolete.
The action of curing cod or a similar fish by means of a process which imparts a distinctive dark reddish-brown colour (for full description of the process see dunfish n. 1).
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1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. at Dunning Fish for dunning are caught early in spring, and often in February.
1843 N. Amer. Rev. July 64 Those caught in boats are seldom fit for dunning. They are commonly sold fresh.
1921 S. E. Morison Maritime Hist. Massachusetts xix. 303 Fish for ‘dunning’ at this period was caught in deep water, preferably off the Isles of Shoals in early spring.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018).

dunningadj.

Brit. /ˈdʌnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdənɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dun v.3, -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < dun v.3 + -ing suffix2.
That makes insistent or repeated demands for something, typically the repayment of a debt.
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1677 Wits Acad. 110 (heading) A dunning Letter sent from a Creditor to his Debtor for Money.
1751 Genuine, Impartial, & Authentick Acct. Life of William Parsons 34 He lived free and peaceable; unembarrassed with the Clamours of dunning Creditors.
1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master v. 116 Surrounded by these dunning devils.
1904 O. G. von Heidenstam Swedish Life in Town & Country v. 124 He was involved in a mysterious affair of poisoning, in which the victim was a dunning creditor.
2000 G. Santoro Myself when I am Real (2001) xi. 247 The New York City Department of Real Estate..sent Mingus a dunning letter for his previous month's rent at the 26th Street storefront.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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