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Definitions for Amortize
[1] Finance . to liquidate or extinguish (a mortgage, debt, or other obligation), especially by periodic payments to the creditor or to a sinking fund. to write off a cost of (an asset) gradually.
[2] Old English Law . to convey to a corporation or church group; alienate in mortmain.
[3] finance to liquidate (a debt, mortgage, etc) by instalment payments or by periodic transfers to a sinking fund
[4] to write off (a wasting asset) by annual transfers to a sinking fund
[5] property law (formerly) to transfer (lands, etc) in mortmain
Words nearby Amortize
amorphism, amorphous, amort, amort., amortization, amortize, amortizement, amory, amos, amosite, amoss' sign
Origin of Amortize
1375–1425; Middle English amortisen < Anglo-French, Old French amortiss-, long stem of amortir literally, to kill, die < Vulgar Latin *a(d)mortīre (derivative of Latin mors, stem mort- death, with ad- ad-); -ize later replacing -is(s )-, probably by association with Anglo-Latin a(d)mortizāre
Other words from Amortize
am·or·tiz·a·ble , adjective
non·am·or·tiz·a·ble , adjective
un·am·or·tized , adjective
Word origin for Amortize
C14: from Medieval Latin admortizāre, from Old French amortir to reduce to the point of death, ultimately from Latin ad to + mors death