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amortizev. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French amortizer; French amortiss-, amortir. Etymology: Partly (i) < Anglo-Norman amortizer, amortiser, amorteiser to transfer (property) to an ecclesiastical or other corporation in mortmain (15th cent. or earlier), apparently < amortiss- , extended stem (see -ish suffix2) of amortir (see below), with remodelling of the ending after -iser -ize suffix, and partly (ii) directly < Anglo-Norman and Middle French amortiss-, extended stem of amortir (in Anglo-Norman also enmortir, emmortir) to die, become lifeless (second half of the 12th cent.), to kill, destroy (first half of the 13th cent.), to render useless, to cancel (a claim, debt, etc.) (both second half of the 13th cent. or earlier), to transfer (property) to an ecclesiastical or other corporation in mortmain (a1316 or earlier) < an unattested post-classical Latin form *admortire < classical Latin ad- ad- prefix + mort- , mors death (see mort n.1).Compare Old Occitan amortir , Spanish amortire (c1235), Italian ammortire (c1310), all in the sense ‘to kill, destroy’. Compare also post-classical Latin admortare , amortare to transfer (property) to an ecclesiastical or other corporation in mortmain (13th cent.). Compare post-classical Latin admortizare , amortizare (13th cent.; frequently from c1350 in British sources), Middle French admortizer (1336), both in the sense ‘to transfer (property) to an ecclesiastical or other corporation in mortmain’, and also Middle Dutch, Dutch amortiseren to transfer (property) to an ecclesiastical or other corporation in mortmain (now also ‘to cancel (a debt)’). With the β. forms compare im- prefix1 and in- prefix3. Compare also enmortise v. society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [verb (transitive)] > alienate in mortmain [implied in: (Titus) (1851) 97 (MED) As religiouse possessioneris distrien knightis and squieris bi amorteisinge of seculer lordshipis, so freris distrien the comouns by sotil and nedeles begginge. (at amortizing n.)]. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xviii. l. 54 Er thei amorteisede eny more for monkes oþer for canons. c1460 (a1449) J. Lydgate (1934) ii. 449 Let mellerys and bakerys..a litil chapell bylde, The place amorteyse, and purchase liberte. ?1462 J. Paston in (2004) I. 99 Certeyn livelode to be inmortesid therto. ?1529 sig. Ciiij To a morteyse seculer lordshyppes to the state of the clergye. 1622 F. Bacon 74 Did in effect amortize a great part of the Lands of the Kingdome unto the Hold and Occupation of the Yeomanrie. 1750 T. Carte II. 452 Lands amortised without licence. 1766 W. Blackstone II. xviii. 272 The statute 15 Ric. II. c. 5. enacts, that the lands which had been so purchased to uses should be amortised by licence from the crown. 1878 W. Stubbs III. xviii. 245 One of the first things to be done after the resumption was to consolidate and render inalienable or, so to speak, amortize the crown lands. 1943 58 329 The parties were required to show cause why the property amortized should not be forfeited under the terms of the statute. 1995 38 304 Religious houses who wished to amortize lands. the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) §173 The goode werkes þt men doon whil they ben in good lyf ben al amortised [c1405 Ellesmere al mortefied] by synne folwynge. a1626 F. Bacon (1734) 461 Authors, towards whom envy is ceased, and reverence by time amortised. 1656 T. Blount Amortize, to deaden, kill, or slay. a1668 W. Waller (1793) 35 The winds were laid, the earthquake settled, the flames amortized and extinguished. 1681 W. Courten et al. in T. Carew 23 An Article was mentioned and agreed upon for Amortizing and Extinguishing the said Damages and Demands. 1812 J. Chitty (Amer. ed.) iii. 75 The question was, whether the King could, by any treaty of peace, annul, or, in the technical phrase, amortise this instrument. That great judge was of opinion that letters of reprisal might be revoked and amortised by a truce, and by letters of safe conduct. 1962 26 July 131/2 The Government has decreed from now on that a dairy cow deteriorates, or depreciates (assuming it isn't amortized by a whack on the skull), in seven years instead of eight years. the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > hang or be suspended [verb (intransitive)] > hang down > droop or hang limply 1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid xi. xix With this Rayne wente the sayle amortyssynge and hangyng heuy. society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > pay debt [verb (transitive)] 1830 24 Sept. On the 14th July, the Royal Treasury amortized 271,847 millreas of the national debt. 1882 3 Feb. They would introduce economies in order to amortise the Egyptian Debt. 1930 F. Watson v. 92 £25,000 a year will amortize a loan of £250,000 in fifteen years at 5 per cent. 1976 64 1100 The typical real property secured loan today amortizes in even installments over the life of the loan. 2006 4 Oct. 18/3 The proportion of senior debt being fully amortised fell from 41 per cent to a quarter. 1902 16 July 14/5 The amount hitherto written off fittings and meters on hire had also been readjusted to a sum amply sufficient in the board's opinion to amortise the capital invested therein within a period less than the ordinary life of meters and fittings. 1969 7 163 A lessee..employed DDB [= double declining balance] to amortize asset costs. 1991 Sept. 22/1 Goodwill may be amortised over its useful economic life through the profit-and-loss account. 2017 M. Charifzadeh & A. Taschner 179 We amortize intangible long-term assets. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  v.1395 |
