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amortissement

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am⋅or⋅tize⋅ment

[am-er-tahyz-muhnt, uh-mawr-tiz-]
–noun
1. a sloping top on a buttress, pillar, etc.
2. an architectural feature, as a gable, at the top of a façade.
3. amortization.
Also, a⋅mor⋅tisse⋅ment [uh-mawr-tiz-muhnt] .


Origin:
1610–20; amortize + -ment, after MF or AF amortissement
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