transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈa-mər-ˌtīz also ]
ə-ˈmȯr- transitive verb
( -tized ; -tiz·ing )
Etymology: Middle English amortisen to kill, alienate in mortmain, from Anglo-French amorteser, alteration of amortir, from Vulgar Latin * admortire to kill, from Latin ad- + mort-, mors death — more at murder
Date: 1867
1. : to pay off (as a mortgage) gradually usually by periodic payments of principal and interest or by payments to a sinking fund
2. : to gradually reduce or write off the cost or value of (as an asset)
amortize goodwill
amortize machinery
• am·or·tiz·able -ˌtī-zə-bəl adjective