1. The act of combining things to form a new whole
   "The compounding of different medications created a more effective treatment";
   - combination, combining

1. Make more intense, stronger, or more marked
   "The efforts were compounded";
   - intensify, heighten, deepen
    
2. Combine so as to form a whole; mix
   "compound the ingredients";
   - combine
    
3. Put or add together
   "compound resources";
   - combine
    
4. Create by mixing or combining
   "The pharmacist compounded a new medication"
    
5. Calculate principal and interest
   "The bank compounds interest on savings accounts quarterly"; "They compounded the returns on their investment annually"

Derived forms: compoundings

Type of: account, add, amalgamate, assemble, change of integrity, commix [archaic], increase, mingle, mix, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together, unify

Encyclopedia: Compounding