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amortize
am·or·tize A0262300 (ăm′ər-tīz′, ə-môr′-)tr.v. am·or·tized, am·or·tiz·ing, am·or·tiz·es 1. To liquidate (a debt, such as a mortgage) by installment payments or payment into a sinking fund.2. To write off an expenditure for (an asset, especially an intangible one, such as a patent) by prorating over a certain period, usually the expected duration of the asset's benefit.
[Middle English amortisen, to alienate in mortmain, from Old French amortir, amortiss-, from Vulgar Latin *admortīre, to deaden : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin mors, mort-, death; see mer- in Indo-European roots.]
am′or·tiz′a·ble adj.amortize (əˈmɔːtaɪz) or amortisevb (tr) 1. (Banking & Finance) finance to liquidate (a debt, mortgage, etc) by instalment payments or by periodic transfers to a sinking fund2. (Accounting & Book-keeping) to write off (a wasting asset) by annual transfers to a sinking fund3. (Law) property law (formerly) to transfer (lands, etc) in mortmain[C14: from Medieval Latin admortizāre, from Old French amortir to reduce to the point of death, ultimately from Latin ad to + mors death] aˈmortizable, aˈmortisable adjam•or•tize (ˈæm ərˌtaɪz, əˈmɔr taɪz)
v.t. -tized, -tiz•ing. 1. to liquidate (a debt), esp. by periodic payments to the creditor. 2. to write off a cost of (an asset) gradually. [1375–1425; < Anglo-French, Old French amortiss-, long s. of amortir literally, to kill, die < Vulgar Latin *a(d)mortīre=a-, ad- ad- + -mortīre, v. derivative of Latin mors, s. mort- death] am′or•tiz`a•ble, adj. amortize
Past participle: amortized
Gerund: amortizing
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| amortize | | amortize |
| Present |
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| I amortize | | you amortize | | he/she/it amortizes | | we amortize | | you amortize | | they amortize |
| Preterite |
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| I amortized | | you amortized | | he/she/it amortized | | we amortized | | you amortized | | they amortized |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am amortizing | | you are amortizing | | he/she/it is amortizing | | we are amortizing | | you are amortizing | | they are amortizing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have amortized | | you have amortized | | he/she/it has amortized | | we have amortized | | you have amortized | | they have amortized |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was amortizing | | you were amortizing | | he/she/it was amortizing | | we were amortizing | | you were amortizing | | they were amortizing |
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| I had amortized | | you had amortized | | he/she/it had amortized | | we had amortized | | you had amortized | | they had amortized |
| Future |
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| I will amortize | | you will amortize | | he/she/it will amortize | | we will amortize | | you will amortize | | they will amortize |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have amortized | | you will have amortized | | he/she/it will have amortized | | we will have amortized | | you will have amortized | | they will have amortized |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be amortizing | | you will be amortizing | | he/she/it will be amortizing | | we will be amortizing | | you will be amortizing | | they will be amortizing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been amortizing | | you have been amortizing | | he/she/it has been amortizing | | we have been amortizing | | you have been amortizing | | they have been amortizing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been amortizing | | you will have been amortizing | | he/she/it will have been amortizing | | we will have been amortizing | | you will have been amortizing | | they will have been amortizing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been amortizing | | you had been amortizing | | he/she/it had been amortizing | | we had been amortizing | | you had been amortizing | | they had been amortizing |
| Conditional |
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| I would amortize | | you would amortize | | he/she/it would amortize | | we would amortize | | you would amortize | | they would amortize |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have amortized | | you would have amortized | | he/she/it would have amortized | | we would have amortized | | you would have amortized | | they would have amortized |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. |  amortize - liquidate gradually amortiseliquidate, pay off - eliminate by paying off (debts) |
Translationsamortize
amortize formerly, in the law of property, to transfer lands in MORTMAIN.amortize
Amortization1. A tax deduction for the gradual consumption of the value of an asset, especially an intangible asset. For example, if a company spends $1 million on a patent that expires in 10 years, it amortizes the expense by deducting $100,000 from its taxable income over the course of 10 years. It is often used interchangeably with depreciation, which technically refers to the same thing for tangible assets.
2. The act of repaying a loan in regular payments over a given period of time.amortize To write off gradually and systematically a given amount of money within a specific number of time periods. For example, an accountant amortizes the cost of a long-term asset by deducting a portion of that cost against income in each period. Likewise, an investor will usually amortize the premium each year on a bond purchased at a price above its principal.amortize
Synonyms for amortizeverb liquidate graduallySynonymsRelated Words |