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
- bloodwork
- bloodworm
- bloodworms
- bloodwort
- bloodwort family
- bloodworts
- bloody
- bloody bark
- bloody bread
- bloody clam
- bloody dock
- bloody fingers
- bloody hand
- bloody hell
- bloody man's fingers
- Bloody Mary
- bloody marys
- bloody murder
- bloody murrain
- bloody nose
- bloody scours
- bloody shirt
- bloody well
- bloody-back
- bloody-minded