ALL meanings of amortize
am·or·tize
A a - verb amortize In finance, if you amortize a debt, you pay it back in regular payments. 3
- verb amortize to liquidate (a debt, mortgage, etc) by instalment payments or by periodic transfers to a sinking fund 3
- verb amortize to write off (a wasting asset) by annual transfers to a sinking fund 3
- verb amortize (formerly) to transfer (lands, etc) in mortmain 3
- verb transitive amortize to put money aside at intervals, as in a sinking fund, for gradual payment of (a debt, etc.) either at or before maturity 3
- verb transitive amortize to write off (expenditures) by prorating over a fixed period 3
- verb transitive amortize to reduce, transfer, or sell (property) in mortmain 3
- verb amortize If you amortize a debt, you pay it back in regular payments. 3
- verb with object amortize Finance. to liquidate or extinguish (a mortgage, debt, or other obligation), especially by periodic payments to the creditor or to a sinking fund. to write off a cost of (an asset) gradually. 1
- verb with object amortize Old English Law. to convey to a corporation or church group; alienate in mortmain. 1
- transitive verb amortize pay off debt over time 1
- transitive verb amortize reduce cost, value over time 1
- noun amortize Reduce or extinguish (a debt) by money regularly put aside. 1
- verb amortize (Transitive Verb) To alienate (property) in mortmain. 0
- verb amortize (Transitive Verb) To wipe out (a debt, liability etc.) gradually or in installments. 0
- verb amortize (Transitive Verb) (computer science) To even out the costs of running an algorithm over many iterations, so that high-cost iterations are much less frequent than low-cost iterations, which lowers the average running time per iteration. 0