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amortization
n.
depreciation; decrease; gradual payment of debt
Amortization
Amortization (or
amortisation) is the process of decreasing, or accounting for, an amount over a period. The word comes from Middle English
amortisen to kill, alienate in
mortmain, from Anglo-French
amorteser, alteration of
amortir, from
Vulgar Latin admortire "to kill", from
Latin ad- and
mort-, "death".
amortization
Noun
1. the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years
(synonym) amortisation
(hypernym) decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
2. payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers
(synonym) amortisation
(hypernym) payment, defrayal, defrayment
(derivation) amortize, amortise
Amortization
(n.)
The extinction of a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund; also, the money thus paid.
(n.)
The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Amortization
The repayment of a
loan by installments.
