amortize

IPA(Pronunciation)

/əˈmɔːtaɪz/

Verb

transitive

(transitive) To alienate (property) in mortmain. / (transitive) To wipe out (a debt, liability etc.) gradually or in installments.

Japanese Meaning

財産を、教会などの永代所有（mortmain）の状態で譲渡する、または寄付すること / 負債や債務などを、分割払いにより徐々に消し去る、償却すること

What is this buttons?

The medieval baron chose to amortize his manor to the abbey, ensuring the land would remain under ecclesiastical control.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

中世の男爵は、自分の荘園を修道院に永代寄進することにして、その土地が教会の永久的な管理下に留まるようにした。

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Sense（1）

(transitive) To alienate (property) in mortmain.

Sense（2）

(transitive) To wipe out (a debt, liability etc.) gradually or in installments.

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.

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Sense（3）

(transitive, computer science) To even out the costs of running an algorithm over many iterations, so that high-cost iterations are much less frequent than low-cost iterations, which lowers the average running time.

amortizes

（ present singular third-person ）

amortizing

（ participle present ）

amortized

（ participle past ）

amortized

（ past ）

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