"amortize" meaning in English

See amortize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /əˈmɔːtaɪz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈæmɚtaɪz/ [General-American], /əˈmɔɹtaɪz/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-amortize.wav Forms: amortizes [present, singular, third-person], amortizing [participle, present], amortized [participle, past], amortized [past]
Etymology: From Middle English amortisen, from Old French amortir (via the stem amortiss-), from Vulgar Latin *admortīre, derived from Latin mortuus (“dead”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mer-|id=die}}, {{inh|en|enm|amortisen}} Middle English amortisen, {{der|en|fro|amortir}} Old French amortir, {{der|en|VL.|*admortīre}} Vulgar Latin *admortīre, {{der|en|la|mortuus|t=dead}} Latin mortuus (“dead”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} amortize (third-person singular simple present amortizes, present participle amortizing, simple past and past participle amortized)
  1. (real estate, property law, transitive) To alienate (property) in mortmain. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Property law, Real estate
    Sense id: en-amortize-en-verb-v7YumRy0 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 14 32 38 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 18 40 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 18 43 39 Topics: business, law, property, real-estate
  2. (business, finance, transitive) To wipe out (a debt, liability etc.) gradually or in installments. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Business, Finance Translations (decrease (debt) in installments): մարել (marel) (Armenian), погасявам (pogasjavam) (Bulgarian), amortitzar (Catalan), amortizi (Esperanto), kuolettaa (Finnish), amortisieren (German), 償却する (shōkyakusuru) (Japanese), amortisere (Norwegian), amortyzować [imperfective] (Polish), zamortyzować [perfective] (Polish), amortizar (Portuguese), amortiza (Romanian), погаша́ть (pogašátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), погаси́ть (pogasítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), amortizovať (Slovak), amortizar (Spanish), amortera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-amortize-en-verb-PRoAq91k Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 14 32 38 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 18 40 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 18 43 39 Topics: business, finance Disambiguation of 'decrease (debt) in installments': 17 64 20
  3. (transitive, computer science) To even out the costs of running an algorithm over many iterations, so that high-cost iterations are much less frequent than low-cost iterations, which lowers the average running time. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computer science
    Sense id: en-amortize-en-verb-tzN0H9sF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 29 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 20 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 14 32 38 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 18 40 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 18 43 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 20 34 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 21 26 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 33 48 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 26 25 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 20 24 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 20 34 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 19 34 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 20 33 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 19 31 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 21 26 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 20 34 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 24 27 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 19 31 50 Topics: computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: amortise [UK] Derived forms: amortizable, amortizement, nonamortized, unamortized

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Property law",
        "en:Real estate"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To alienate (property) in mortmain."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "real estate",
          "real estate"
        ],
        [
          "property law",
          "property law"
        ],
        [
          "alienate",
          "alienate"
        ],
        [
          "mortmain",
          "mortmain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(real estate, property law, transitive) To alienate (property) in mortmain."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "law",
        "property",
        "real-estate"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Business",
        "en:Finance"
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          "ref": "2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 318:",
          "text": "extraordinary borrowing had been so extensive, Joly de Fleury reckoned, that even if it were amortized over the following decade, the state would still be running an annual deficit of over 50 million livres.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wipe out (a debt, liability etc.) gradually or in installments."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "finance",
          "finance#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "gradually",
          "gradually"
        ],
        [
          "installment",
          "installment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(business, finance, transitive) To wipe out (a debt, liability etc.) gradually or in installments."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "finance"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Computer science"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To even out the costs of running an algorithm over many iterations, so that high-cost iterations are much less frequent than low-cost iterations, which lowers the average running time."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computer science",
          "computer science"
        ],
        [
          "even out",
          "even out"
        ],
        [
          "cost",
          "cost"
        ],
        [
          "algorithm",
          "algorithm"
        ],
        [
          "iteration",
          "iteration"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, computer science) To even out the costs of running an algorithm over many iterations, so that high-cost iterations are much less frequent than low-cost iterations, which lowers the average running time."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computer",
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "science",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/əˈmɔːtaɪz/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæmɚtaɪz/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈmɔɹtaɪz/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "amortise"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "marel",
      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
      "word": "մարել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pogasjavam",
      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
      "word": "погасявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
      "word": "amortitzar"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
      "word": "amortizi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
      "word": "kuolettaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
      "word": "amortisieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōkyakusuru",
      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
      "word": "償却する"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
      "word": "amortisere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "amortyzować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zamortyzować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
      "word": "amortizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
      "word": "amortiza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pogašátʹ",
      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "погаша́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pogasítʹ",
      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "погаси́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
      "word": "amortizovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
      "word": "amortizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
      "word": "amortera"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Amortized analysis",
    "amortize"
  ],
  "word": "amortize"
}

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