amortize

amortize
[əˈmɔːtʌɪz]
(亦作 -ise)
verb
  1. [with obj.]write off the initial cost of (an asset) by instalments over a period or by charging to a number of different cost centres
    摊销,摊还
    ■reduce or extinguish (a debt) by money regularly put aside
    分期偿还(债务)
    ■(historical)transfer (land) to a corporation in mortmain
    (史)把(地产)以永久管业形式转让给一社团
派生
amortization
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English (in the senses 'deaden' and 'transfer (land) to a corporation in mortmain'): from Old French amortiss-, lengthened stem of amortir, based on Latin ad 'to, at' + mors, mort- 'death'
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