amortize
/ˈæmɚtaɪz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.81 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "extraordinary borrowing had been so extensive, Joly de Fleury reckoned, that even if it were amortized over the following decade, the state would still be running an annual deficit of over 50 million livres."
- "The magnitude of the frequency adjustment is a compromise between time accuracy, which would favor a large frequency offset so as to amortize the time error over the smallest possible interval"
Etymology
From Middle English amortisen, from Old French amortir (via the stem amortiss-), from Vulgar Latin *admortīre, derived from Latin mortuus (“dead”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈæmɚtaɪz/
- British English: /əˈmɔːtaɪz/