laundering

Meaning of laundering

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. wash and iron (clothes or linen).
    he wasn't used to laundering his own bed linen
  2. conceal the origins of (money obtained illegally), typically by transfers involving foreign banks or legitimate businesses.
    $123,000 had been laundered through Geneva bank accounts

Middle English (as a noun denoting a person who washes linen): contraction of lavender, from Old French lavandier, based on Latin lavanda ‘things to be washed’, from lavare ‘to wash’.

Information about laundering

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of laundering is: launderings.
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Hyphenation of laundering

laun-der-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • laundering is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

laundering synonyms

Meaning clean with water and, typically, soap or detergent:

wash

Meaning make clean; remove dirt, marks, or stains from:

clean

Translation of laundering

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