amortization
English
Alternative forms
- amortisation (British)
Etymology
From Middle English amortisen (“to kill, alienate in mortmain”), from Anglo-French amorteser, alteration of amortir, from Vulgar Latin admortire (“to kill”), from Latin ad- and mort (“death”).
Pronunciation
Noun
amortization (countable and uncountable, plural amortizations)
- The reduction of loan principal over a series of payments.
- The distribution of the cost of an intangible asset, such as an intellectual property right, over the projected useful life of the asset.
Translations
the reduction of loan principal over a series of payments
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process of distributing asset cost
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See also
- depreciation (of tangible assets)
- depletion (of natural resources)
Further reading
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