Compounding
Compounding tanım:
Kelime: com·pound
Söyleniş: käm-'paund, k&m-', 'käm-"
İşlev: verb
Kökeni: Middle English compounen, from Middle French compondre, from Latin componere, from com- ponere to put -- more at POSITION
transitive senses
1 : to put together (parts) so as to form a whole : COMBINE compound ingredients
2 : to form by combining parts compound a medicine
3 a : to settle amicably : adjust by agreement b : to agree for a consideration not to prosecute (an offense) compound a felony
4 a : to pay (interest) on both the accrued interest and the principal b : to add to : AUGMENT we compounded our error in later policy -- Robert Lekachman
intransitive senses
1 : to become joined in a compound
2 : to come to terms of agreement
- com·pound·able
/-'paun-d&-b&l, -"paun-/ adjective- com·pound·er noun