amortising
ərˌtaɪz, əˈmɔr verb (used with object), am·or·tized, am·or·tiz·ing.
1.
Finance.
a.
to liquidate or extinguish (a mortgage, debt, or other obligation), especially by periodic payments to the creditor or to a sinking fund.
b.
to write off a cost of (an asset) gradually.
2.
Old English Law. to convey to a corporation or church group; alienate in mortmain.
Also, especially British, am·or·tise.
Origin:
1375–1425; Middle English amortisen < Anglo-French, Old French amortiss-, long stem of amortir literally, to kill, die < Vulgar Latin *a(d)mortīre (derivative of Latin mors, stem mort- death, with ad- ad-); -ize later replacing -is(s)-, probably by association with Anglo-Latin a(d)mortizāre
1375–1425; Middle English amortisen < Anglo-French, Old French amortiss-, long stem of amortir literally, to kill, die < Vulgar Latin *a(d)mortīre (derivative of Latin mors, stem mort- death, with ad- ad-); -ize later replacing -is(s)-, probably by association with Anglo-Latin a(d)mortizāre
Related forms
am·or·tiz·a·ble, adjective
non·am·or·tiz·a·ble, adjective
un·am·or·tized, adjective
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amortize or amortise (əˈmɔːtaɪz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | finance to liquidate (a debt, mortgage, etc) by instalment payments or by periodic transfers to a sinking fund |
| 2. | to write off (a wasting asset) by annual transfers to a sinking fund |
| 3. | 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] | |
| amortise or amortise | |
| —vb | |
| [C14: from Medieval Latin admortizāre, from Old French amortir to reduce to the point of death, ultimately from Latin ad to + mors death] | |
| a'mortizable or amortise | |
| —adj | |
| a'mortisable or amortise | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
amortize
late 14c., from O.Fr. amortiss-, prp. stem of amortir "deaden," from V.L. *admortire "to extinguish," from L. ad- "to" + mors (gen. mortis) "death" (see mortal). Originally a legal term for an act of alienating lands. Meaning "extinguish a debt" (in form amortization) is attested from 1864.
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