HyperDic: amortize

English > 1 sense of the word *amortize*:
VERB	possession	amortize, amortise	liquidate gradually

amortize > pronunciation
Sounds	ae'mertay.z
Rhymes	actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz...

English > *amortize*: 1 sense > verb 1, possession
Meaning	liquidate gradually.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonym	amortise
Broader	liquidate, pay off	Eliminate by paying off (debts)
Spanish	amortizar
Catalan	amortitzar
Nouns	amortization	payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers