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AMORTIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does amortize mean?
• AMORTIZE (verb)
The verb AMORTIZE has 1 sense:
1. liquidate gradually
Familiarity information: AMORTIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they amortize ... he / she / it amortizes
Past simple: amortized
Past participle: amortized
-ing form: amortizing
... he / she / it amortizes Past simple: amortized
Past participle: amortized
-ing form: amortizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Liquidate gradually
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
amortise; amortize
Hypernyms (to "amortize" is one way to...):
liquidate; pay off (eliminate by paying off (debts))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
amortization (payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers)
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