Definitions for amortize
amortize
am·or·tize
Spelling: [am-er-tahyz, uh-mawr-tahyz]
IPA: /ˈæm ərˌtaɪz, əˈmɔr taɪz/
Amortize is a 8 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.
You can make 311 anagrams from letters in amortize (aeimortz).
Definitions for amortize
verb (used with object)
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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.
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Old English Law. to convey to a corporation or church group; alienate in mortmain.
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, wit