"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 [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-NaomiAmethyst-amortise.wav [US] Forms: amortizes [present, singular, third-person], amortizing [participle, present], amortized [participle, past], amortized [past], amortise [alternative, UK]
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|la-vul|*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
    Sense id: en-amortize-en-verb-v7YumRy0 Categories (other): Property law, Real estate Topics: business, law, property, real-estate
  2. (business, finance, transitive) To wipe out (a debt, liability etc.) gradually or in installments. Tags: transitive 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), umarzać [imperfective] (Polish), umorzyć [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): Business, Finance, Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 13 12 33 32 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 33 21 37 Topics: business, finance Disambiguation of 'decrease (debt) in installments': 11 63 7 18
  3. (transitive, by extension) To make a large cost or other quantity more manageable by dividing it into smaller parts (such as over a long time or across many transactions). Tags: broadly, transitive
    Sense id: en-amortize-en-verb-kS0c1ofL Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 13 12 33 32 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 33 21 37
  4. (transitive, by extension) To make a large cost or other quantity more manageable by dividing it into smaller parts (such as over a long time or across many transactions).
    (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: broadly, transitive
    Sense id: en-amortize-en-verb-JuxDf6QU Categories (other): Computer science, 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: 4 27 18 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 20 13 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 13 12 33 32 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 10 21 26 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 33 21 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 11 23 19 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 8 24 18 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 25 17 49 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 23 19 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 8 21 16 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 10 21 26 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 11 25 18 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 10 21 26 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 8 20 15 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 24 18 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 10 21 26 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 27 16 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 10 20 16 53 Topics: computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: amortizable, amortizement, nonamortized, unamortized

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
      "word": "մարել"
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      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
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      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
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      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
      "word": "kuolettaa"
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      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
      "word": "amortisieren"
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      "roman": "shōkyakusuru",
      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
      "word": "償却する"
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      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
      "word": "amortisere"
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      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
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      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
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      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
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      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
      "word": "amortizar"
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      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
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      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
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      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
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      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
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      "sense": "decrease (debt) in installments",
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