Definition

1. Verb:
   • To press for debt repayment; to dun: The act of urgently and repeatedly demanding that a debtor pay back money they owe. It implies a persistent, insistent, or even harassing demand for payment.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chủ nợ đang réo nợ tôi suốt ngày. (The creditor is dunning me all day.)
  • Anh ta bị réo nợ vì đã quá hạn thanh toán. (He is being pressed for debt repayment because his payment is overdue.)
  • Công ty đó chuyên đi réo nợ cho các ngân hàng. (That company specializes in dunning for banks.)

Advanced Usage

• "Réo nợ inh tai nhức óc": To dun someone deafeningly; to press for debt in an extremely loud, annoying, and persistent manner.
  • Mấy người cho vay nặng lãi réo nợ inh tai nhức óc. (The loan sharks are dunning deafeningly.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đòi nợ (v): To demand debt repayment. (This is a more general and common term, while emphasizes the noisy, insistent nature.)
• Thúc nợ (v): To press for debt, to urge repayment. (Similar to but can be slightly less colloquial.)
• Réo (v): To call out loudly and repeatedly (often in a shrill voice). This is the root verb, conveying the sense of loud, persistent calling that is applied to debt in .

Synonyms

• Hối thúc trả nợ: To urge debt repayment.
• Giục nợ: To press for debt.

Related Phrases

• Bị réo nợ tới tấp: To be dunned incessantly; to have debt collectors constantly on one's back.
  • Công ty anh ấy sắp phá sản nên bị réo nợ tới tấp. (His company is about to go bankrupt, so it is being dunned incessantly.)

Related Idioms

• Réo như réo đò: To call/shout persistently (like calling for a ferry). This idiom shares the same verb and illustrates the persistent, loud nature of the action, which is directly applied in .
  • Bà ấy réo con về ăn cơm réo như réo đò. (She called her child for dinner as persistently as calling for a ferry.)

1. Dun