Dictionary

amortization en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌæmɚtəˈzeɪʃən/ (US)
• /əˌmɔːtəˈzeɪʃən/ (UK)
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• /əˌmɔːtaɪˈzeɪʃən/ (UK)
• /əˌmɔɹtəˈzeɪʃən/ (US)

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

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.

Forms

Relateds

depletion · depreciation

Translations (39)

es amortización (process of distributing asset cost) · fi poisto (process of distributing asset cost) · cmn 攤銷 /摊销 (process of distributing asset cost) · hu amortizálás (process of distributing asset cost) · scn ammurtamentu (process of distributing asset cost) · hu törlesztés (the reduction of loan principal over a series of payments) · nl amortisatie (the reduction of loan principal over a series of payments) · ca amortització (the reduction of loan principal over a series of payments) · kk өтемпұл (process of distributing asset cost) · cy amorteiddiad (process of distributing asset cost) · cy amorteiddio (process of distributing asset cost) · fi lyhennys (the reduction of loan principal over a series of payments) · hu kölcsöntörlesztés (the reduction of loan principal over a series of payments) · hu leírás (process of distributing asset cost) · sv avskrivning (process of distributing asset cost) · hy ամորտիզացիա (process of distributing asset cost) · ru амортиза́ция (process of distributing asset cost) · ka ამორტიზაცია (process of distributing asset cost) · hu amortizáció (process of distributing asset cost) · eo amortizo (process of distributing asset cost) · pt amortização (process of distributing asset cost) · de Abschreibung (process of distributing asset cost) · ms pelunasan (the reduction of loan principal over a series of payments) · id amortisasi (the reduction of loan principal over a series of payments) · nl afschrijving (the reduction of loan principal over a series of payments) · ca amortització (process of distributing asset cost) · ko 상각 (process of distributing asset cost) · sh amortizácija (process of distributing asset cost) · fi amortisointi (process of distributing asset cost) · ro amortizare (process of distributing asset cost) · it ammortamento (process of distributing asset cost) · hy մարում (process of distributing asset cost) · ga amúchadh (process of distributing asset cost) · sh амортиза́ција (process of distributing asset cost) · fr amortissement (process of distributing asset cost) · sk amortizácia (process of distributing asset cost) · el απόσβεση (process of distributing asset cost) · bg амортизация (process of distributing asset cost) · ja 償却 (process of distributing asset cost)