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
- carries off
- carries on
- carries out
- carries over
- carries the day
- carries through
- carries weight
- carriole
- carrioles
- carrion
- carrion beetle
- carrion buzzard
- carrion crow
- carrion flower
- carrion fly
- carrion fungus
- carrion hawk
- carrion poisoning
- carrions
- carritch
- carritches
- carriwitchet
- carriwitchets
- carrizi
- carrizo