amortizement
noun
am·or·tize·ment
¦amə(r)¦tīzmənt;
əˈmȯ(r)tə̇zm-,
-ə̇sm-
plural -s
1
: amortization
2
a
: the sloping top of a projecting pier (as a buttress)
b
: a crowning architectural member in an edifice
Word History
Etymology
modification (influenced by amortize) of French amortissement, from Old French, from amortiss- (stem of amortir) + -ment
First Known Use
1618, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- silver gar
- silver gibbon
- silver gilt
- silver glance
- silver grain
- silver grass
- silver gray
- silver green
- silver hake
- silver halide
- silver herring
- silver iodide
- silver jackal
- silver jennies
- silver jenny
- silver jubilee
- silver king
- silver lace
- silver leaf
- silver leaf disease
- silver linden
- silver lining
- silver lip
- silver louse
- silver lunge