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- DictionaryLaun·der/ˈlôndər/
verb
- 1. wash, or wash and iron, (clothes or linens): "he wasn't used to laundering his own bed linens"
noun
- 1. a trough for holding or conveying water, especially (in mining) one used for washing ore.
The meaning of LAUNDER is to wash (something, such as clothing) in water. How to use launder in a sentence.
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.
LAUNDER definition: 1. to wash, dry, and iron clothes, sheets, etc.: 2. to move money that has been obtained illegally…. Learn more.
To launder is to wash your clothes or other things made from cloth, like sheets and towels. A college student might try to wait to launder her clothes until she goes home for Thanksgiving. When you launder, you wash a load of laundry, or dirty clothes.
1. To undergo washing in a specified way: This material launders well. 2. To wash or prepare laundry. n. A trough or flume used in washing ore.
To launder money that has been obtained illegally means to process it through a legitimate business or to send it abroad to a foreign bank, so that when it comes back nobody knows that it was illegally obtained.
Definition of launder verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
launder something to move money that has been obtained illegally into foreign bank accounts or legal businesses so that it is difficult for people to know where the money came from. Most of the drugs money was laundered through Swiss bank accounts.
Launder definition: To make (illegally obtained money) appear lawfully obtained or legitimate, especially by transferring it through legitimate accounts or businesses.
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. v.i. to wash laundry.
