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amortize

verb

/ˈæmərˌtaɪz/

Meaning

To gradually reduce or pay off a debt with regular payments.

They plan to amortize the mortgage over 20 years.

repay, reduce, liquidate, settle

borrow, accumulate

amortize debt, amortize loan, amortize cost, amortize mortgage

To waste or spend frivolously; to disappear or disperse gradually.

to cease to be visible; to vanish

to make someone so frightened that they are unable to move or think; to turn into stone

To attract or tempt someone with charm or appeal.

to travel all the way around something, especially the earth

to take something away officially, often as a punishment