am.or.tize
v.tr.（及物动词）am.or.tized,am.or.tiz.ing,am.or.tiz.es To liquidate (a debt, such as a mortgage) by installment payments or payment into a sinking fund.分期偿还，分期付款：用分期付款和偿债基金的形式偿清（债务，如抵押）To write off an expenditure for (office equipment, for example) by prorating over a certain period.摊还，摊销：用在一个时期内以按比例分配的方式注销一笔经费（如办公设备）
来源：Middle English amortisen [to alienate in mortmain] 中古英语 amortisen [让渡永久营业权] from Old French amortir amortiss- 源自 古法语 amortir amortiss- from Vulgar Latin *admortore [to deaden] 源自 俗拉丁语 *admortore [使…失去生命] Latin ad- [ad-] 拉丁语 ad- [前缀ad-，表.朝…方向.] Latin mors mort- [death] * see mer- 拉丁语 mors mort- [死] *参见 mer-
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am.ortiz.able
adj.（形容词）
