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launder
[ lawn-der, lahn- ]
verb (used with object)
- to wash (clothes, linens, etc.).
- to wash and iron (clothes).
- Informal.
- to disguise the source of (illegal or secret funds or profits), usually by transmittal through a foreign bank or a complex network of intermediaries.
- to disguise the true nature of (a transaction, operation, or the like) by routing money or goods through one or more intermediaries.
- to remove embarrassing or unpleasant characteristics or elements from in order to make more acceptable:
He'll have to launder his image if he wants to run for office.
verb (used without object)
- to wash laundry.
- to undergo washing and ironing:
The shirt didn't launder well.
noun
- (in ore dressing) a passage carrying products of intermediate grade and residue in water suspension.
- Metallurgy. a channel for conveying molten steel to a ladle.
launder
/ ˈlɔːndə /
verb
- to wash, sometimes starch, and often also iron (clothes, linen, etc)
- intr to be capable of being laundered without shrinking, fading, etc
- tr to process (something acquired illegally) to make it appear respectable, esp to process illegally acquired funds through a legitimate business or to send them to a foreign bank for subsequent transfer to a home bank
noun
- a water trough, esp one used for washing ore in mining
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Derived Forms
- ˈlaunderer, noun
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Other Words From
- launder·a·ble adjective
- launder·a·bili·ty noun
- launder·er noun
- re·launder verb (used with object)
- un·laundered adjective
- well-laundered adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of launder1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of launder1
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Example Sentences
He owns at least one tire repair shop, a cash-heavy business that makes it easy to invent receipts and launder money.
Such actions are, in a sense, allowing Switzerland to launder its reputation.
The waste steam puffed through a launder into the feed-cistern.
Also he had towels for his own personal use and those he managed to launder, somehow.
For the mornings there must be several crisp, demure little frocks that are easy to launder.
In selecting the pieces of cretonne to be used, it is essential to employ only those that will launder well.
Laundress is formed by adding -ess to launder or laundre, the contracted form of lavender as here used.
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