"amortization" meaning in English

See amortization in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /əˌmɔːtəˈzeɪʃən/ [UK], /əˌmɔːtaɪˈzeɪʃən/ [UK], /ˌæmɚtəˈzeɪʃən/ [US], /əˌmɔɹtəˈzeɪʃən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-amortization.wav Forms: amortizations [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English amortisen (“to kill, alienate in mortmain”), from Anglo-Norman amorteser, alteration of Old French amortir, from Vulgar Latin *admortire (“to kill”), from Latin ad- and mors, mortem (“death”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|amortisen|t=to kill, alienate in mortmain}} Middle English amortisen (“to kill, alienate in mortmain”), {{der|en|xno|amorteser}} Anglo-Norman amorteser, {{der|en|fro|amortir}} Old French amortir, {{der|en|VL.||*admortire|t=to kill}} Vulgar Latin *admortire (“to kill”), {{der|en|la|ad-}} Latin ad- Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} amortization (countable and uncountable, plural amortizations)
  1. The reduction of loan principal over a series of payments. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the reduction of loan principal over a series of payments): afschrijving [feminine] (Dutch), amortisatie [feminine] (Dutch), lyhennys (Finnish), törlesztés (Hungarian), kölcsöntörlesztés (Hungarian), amortisasi (Indonesian)
    Sense id: en-amortization-en-noun-QjFjJW0M Disambiguation of 'the reduction of loan principal over a series of payments': 94 6
  2. The distribution of the cost of an intangible asset, such as an intellectual property right, over the projected useful life of the asset. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Accounting Translations (process of distributing asset cost): մարում (marum) (Armenian), ամորտիզացիա (amortizacʻia) (Armenian), амортизация (amortizacija) (Bulgarian), amortització [feminine] (Catalan), 攤銷 (Chinese Mandarin), 摊销 (tānxiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), amortizo (Esperanto), amortisointi (Finnish), poisto (Finnish), amortissement [masculine] (French), ამორტიზაცია (amorṭizacia) (Georgian), Abschreibung [feminine] (German), απόσβεση (apósvesi) [feminine] (Greek), amortizálás (Hungarian), leírás (Hungarian), amortizáció (Hungarian), amúchadh [masculine] (Irish), ammortamento [masculine] (Italian), 償却 (shōkyaku) (alt: しょうきゃく) (Japanese), өтемпұл (ötempūl) (Kazakh), 상각 (sanggak) (Korean), amortização [feminine] (Portuguese), amortizare [feminine] (Romanian), амортиза́ция (amortizácija) [feminine] (Russian), амортиза́ција [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), amortizácija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ammurtamentu [masculine] (Sicilian), amortizácia [feminine] (Slovak), amortización [feminine] (Spanish), avskrivning [common-gender] (Swedish), amorteiddio [masculine] (Welsh), amorteiddiad [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-amortization-en-noun-lQJ8pkiz Disambiguation of Accounting: 3 97 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of 'process of distributing asset cost': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: amortisation [British] Related terms: depreciation (english: of tangible assets), depletion (english: of natural resources)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "US"
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      "sense": "the reduction of loan principal over a series of payments",
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      "word": "afschrijving"
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      "sense": "the reduction of loan principal over a series of payments",
      "word": "törlesztés"
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      "roman": "amortizacija",
      "sense": "process of distributing asset cost",
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      "sense": "process of distributing asset cost",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "amortització"
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      "sense": "process of distributing asset cost",
      "word": "攤銷"
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      "sense": "process of distributing asset cost",
      "word": "摊销"
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      "sense": "process of distributing asset cost",
      "word": "amortisointi"
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      "sense": "process of distributing asset cost",
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      "sense": "process of distributing asset cost",
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      "word": "amortissement"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "amorṭizacia",
      "sense": "process of distributing asset cost",
      "word": "ამორტიზაცია"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "process of distributing asset cost",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Abschreibung"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apósvesi",
      "sense": "process of distributing asset cost",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "απόσβεση"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "process of distributing asset cost",
      "word": "amortizálás"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "process of distributing asset cost",
      "word": "leírás"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "process of distributing asset cost",
      "word": "amortizáció"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "process of distributing asset cost",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amúchadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "process of distributing asset cost",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ammortamento"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しょうきゃく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōkyaku",
      "sense": "process of distributing asset cost",
      "word": "償却"
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ötempūl",
      "sense": "process of distributing asset cost",
      "word": "өтемпұл"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sanggak",
      "sense": "process of distributing asset cost",
      "word": "상각"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "process of distributing asset cost",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amortização"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "process of distributing asset cost",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amortizare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "amortizácija",
      "sense": "process of distributing asset cost",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "амортиза́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "process of distributing asset cost",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "амортиза́ција"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "process of distributing asset cost",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amortizácija"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "process of distributing asset cost",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ammurtamentu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "process of distributing asset cost",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amortizácia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "process of distributing asset cost",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amortización"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "process of distributing asset cost",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "avskrivning"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "process of distributing asset cost",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amorteiddio"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "process of distributing asset cost",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "amorteiddiad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "amortization"
}

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