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Processing and Numbering

noun

  • Preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure.
    • usage: "the processing of newly arrived immigrants"; "the processing of ore to obtain minerals"

verb

  • Subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition.
    • usage: "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals"; "treat an oil spill"
  • Deal with in a routine way.
    • usage: "I'll handle that one"; "process a loan"; "process the applicants"
  • Perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information.
    • usage: "The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech"
  • Institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against.
    • usage: "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination"
  • March in a procession.
    • usage: "They processed into the dining room"
  • Shape, form, or improve a material.
    • usage: "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"
  • Deliver a warrant or summons to someone.
    • usage: "He was processed by the sheriff"

Processing are the steps a lender takes with your loan application to gather your information for underwriting. Processing involves building your file of information for your loan. Processing includes getting the credit report, appraisal, verification of employment, assets, etc.

(DoD) In photography, the operations necessary to produce negatives, diapositives, or prints from exposed films, plates, or paper.
(DoD) A system of operations designed to convert raw data into useful information.

noun

verb

  • Add up in number or quantity.
    • usage: "The bills amounted to $2, 000"; "The bill came to $2, 000"
  • Give numbers to.
    • usage: "You should number the pages of the thesis"
  • Enumerate.
    • usage: "We must number the names of the great mathematicians"
  • Put into a group.
    • usage: "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members"
  • Determine the number or amount of.
    • usage: "Can you count the books on your shelf"; "Count your change"
  • Place a limit on the number of.