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Definitions for Launder
[1] to wash (clothes, linens, etc.).
[2] to wash and iron (clothes).
[3] 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.
[4] 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.
[5] to wash laundry.
[6] to undergo washing and ironing: The shirt didn't launder well.
[7] (in ore dressing) a passage carrying products of intermediate grade and residue in water suspension.
[8] Metallurgy . a channel for conveying molten steel to a ladle.
[9] to wash, sometimes starch, and often also iron (clothes, linen, etc)
[10] (intr) to be capable of being laundered without shrinking, fading, etc
[11] (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
[12] a water trough, esp one used for washing ore in mining
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Origin of Launder
1300–50; 1970–75 for def 3 ; Middle English: launderer, syncopated variant of lavandere, lavendere washer of linen < Middle French lavandier(e ) < Medieval Latin lavandārius (masculine), lavandāria (feminine), equivalent to Latin lavand- (gerund stem of lavāre to wash) + -ārius, -āria -ary; see -er2)
Other words from Launder
laun·der·a·ble , adjective
laun·der·a·bil·i·ty , noun
laun·der·er , noun
re·laun·der , verb (used with object)
un·laun·dered , adjective
well-laun·dered , adjective
Word origin for Launder
C14 (n, meaning: a person who washes linen): changed from lavender washerwoman, from Old French lavandiere, ultimately from Latin lavāre to wash