| 单词 | amortize |
| 释义 | amortize —amortizable, adj. /am"euhr tuyz', euh mawr"tuyz/, v.t., amortized, amortizing. 1. Finance. a. to liquidate or extinguish (a mortgage, debt, or other obligation), esp. by periodic payments to the creditor or to a sinking fund. b. to write off a cost of (an asset) gradually. 2. Old Eng. Law. to convey to a corporation or church group; alienate in mortmain. Also, esp. Brit., amortise. [1375-1425; ME amortisen < AF, OF amortiss-, long s. of amortir lit., to kill, die < VL *a(d)mortire (deriv. of L mors, s. mort- death, with ad- AD-); -IZE later r. -is(s)-, prob. by assoc. with AL a(d)mortizare] |
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