English Language & Usage Asked by rubjo on March 25, 2021
verb (used with object), dunned, dun·ning.
to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.noun
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
a demand for payment, especially a written one.
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The noun «dun» is marked as archaic by The Oxford Dictionary of English.
Is “Dunning” the most widely used/precise term (and understandable by most people today) as a heading/menu entry in a modern solution to list and edit formal invoice reminders/demands? Or are there more natural alternatives?
You ask if the expression is archaic.
Well the OED has an example from 2014, from the New York Times.
2014 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 7 Dec. (Business section) 3 I am now being dunned for $80.63. (Hide quotations)
Not sure what your criteria are for archaic, but clearly it is not something that belongs entirely to an earlier century.
Correct answer by WS2 on March 25, 2021
If "dunning letters" were archaic I would not expect to see instructions on the Internet on sending them via email.
We send dunning letters to delinquent customers. I would not call this archaic (USA).
**To Set Up a Dunning Letter Mailing**
Answered by Packard on March 25, 2021
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