Definitions of launder [ˈlɔn dər, ˈlɑn-]

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Definition of 'launder'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) launder
to wash (clothes, linens, etc.).

2.  launder
to wash and iron (clothes).

3.  launder
Informal.

4.  launder
to disguise the source of (illegal or secret funds or profits), usu. by transmittal through a foreign bank or a complex network of intermediaries.

5.  launder
to disguise the true nature of (a transaction, operation, or the like) by routing money or goods through one or more intermediaries.

6.  launder
to remove embarrassing or unpleasant characteristics or elements from in order to make more acceptable:
to launder one's image before running for office.

7. (v.i.) launder
to wash laundry.

8.  launder
to undergo washing and ironing.

Etymology: (1300–50; ME: launderer, alter. of lavandere washer of linen < MF lavandier(e) < ML lavandārius, der. of L lavāre to wash)

Definition of 'launder'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) wash, launder
cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
"Wash the towels, please!"

2. (verb) launder
convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones

Definition of 'launder'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) launder
a washerwoman

2. (noun) launder
a trough used by miners to receive the powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus, for comminuting, or sorting, the ore

3. (verb) launder
to wash, as clothes; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron; as, to launder shirts

4. (verb) launder
to lave; to wet

Translation of 'launder'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to wash and iron to launder clothes.
Afrikaans: was	Arabic: يَغْسِل وَيَكْوي	Bulgarian: пера и гладя
Brazilian: lavar	Czech: vyprat a vyžehlit	German: waschen und bügeln
Danish: vaske og stryge	Greek: πλένω και σιδερώνω	Spanish: lavar, blanquear
Estonian: pesema-triikima	Farsi: شستن و اتو کشیدن	Finnish: pyykätä
French: blanchir	Hebrew: לְכַבֵּס	Hindi: कपडे़ धोना, सुखाना और प्र
Croatian: prati i glačati rublje	Hungarian: (ki)mosés vasal	Indonesian: mencuci dan menyetrika
Icelandic: þvo og strauja	Italian: lavare, (lavare e stirare	Japanese: 洗たくする
Korean: (옷 등을) 빨다	Lithuanian: skalbti (ir lyginti)	Latvian: mazgāt un gludināt veļu
Malay: mendobi	Dutch: wassen en strijken	Norwegian: vaske og stryke
Polish: prać i prasować	Persian: شستن و اتو کشیدن	Pashto: پريمينځل او اتو كول
Portuguese: lavar	Romanian: a spăla şi a călca	Russian: стирать и гладить
Slovak: vyprať a vyžehliť	Slovenian: prati in likati	Serbian: prati veš
Swedish: tvätta och stryka	Thai: ซักรีด	Turkish: yıkayıp ütülemek
Taiwanese: 洗熨(衣服)	Ukrainian: прати і прасувати	Urdu: دھونا اور استری کرنا
Vietnamese: giặt là	Chinese: 洗烫（衣服）
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