thúc nợ
Definition
- Verb:
- To press for debt repayment / to dun: The act of urgently demanding that a borrower repay a debt, often with insistence or pressure.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Chủ nợ liên tục thúc nợ anh ta. (The creditor continuously pressed him for debt repayment.)
- Công ty đang bị các ngân hàng thúc nợ. (The company is being dunned by the banks.)
Advanced Usage
- The term often implies a sense of urgency, pressure, or repeated demands, and is commonly used in financial, business, or personal lending contexts.
Variants and Related Words
- Đòi nợ (v): to demand debt repayment. This is a more general term, while "thúc nợ" emphasizes urgency.
- Họ đã đòi nợ nhiều lần nhưng không được. (They demanded repayment many times but were unsuccessful.)
Synonyms
- To dun: to make repeated and insistent demands for payment.
- To press for payment: to urge someone to settle a debt.
- To demand repayment: to ask for money back that is owed.
Related Idioms
- Thúc nợ như thúc thuế: to press for debt as urgently as one would press for tax payment. This idiom emphasizes extreme and unrelenting pressure.
- Chủ cửa hàng mới thúc nợ tôi như thúc thuế. (The new shop owner is dunning me as urgently as if collecting taxes.)