amortization

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The reduction of loan principal over a series of payments.
2. (countable, uncountable) The distribution of the cost of an intangible asset, such as an intellectual property right, over the projected useful life of the asset.

Synonyms

amortisation

redemption

repayment

amortization of debt

damping

depreciation

dividend

dampen

damp

repurchase

shortening

write-off

payment by installments

deboost

abbreviation

Translations

amortissement

amortización

ammortamento

amortização

Abschreibung

Amortisation

amortització

Tilgung

Amortisierung

Rückzahlung

ammortizzamento

χρεολυσία

afschrijving

ammortizzazione

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˌmɔːtəˈzeɪʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: amortisen

In summary

From Middle English amortisen (“to kill, alienate in mortmain”), from Anglo-Norman amorteser, alteration of Old French amortir, from Vulgar Latin *admortire (“to kill”), from Latin ad- and mors, mortem (“death”).