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Amortize

/əˈmɔːtaɪz/

To alienate (property) in mortmain.

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📖 Definitions of "Amortize"

verb

1
To alienate (property) in mortmain.
2
To wipe out (a debt, liability etc.) gradually or in installments.
3
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.

🔄 Synonyms of "Amortize"

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Word	Definition
amortiseverb	(British spelling) Alternative form of amortize. [(real estate, property law, transitive) To alienate (property) in mortmain.]

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Amortize"

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Word	Definition
amortiseverb	(British spelling) Alternative form of amortize. [(real estate, property law, transitive) To alienate (property) in mortmain.]
subsidizeverb	(transitive) To assist (someone or something) by granting a subsidy.
repayverb	Synonym of pay back in all senses.
recoupverb	(transitive, intransitive) To make back (an investment or similar).
recoververb	(transitive) To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).
offsetverb	(transitive) To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
counteractverb	(transitive) To have a contrary or opposing effect or force on someone or something.
alleviateverb	(transitive) To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty.
mitigateverb	(transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.
softenverb	(transitive) To make something soft or softer.
depreciateverb	(transitive) To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of.
breakverb	(ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
cushionverb	To furnish with cushions.
absorbverb	(transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.
dampenverb	(transitive) To make damp or moist; to make moderately wet.
bufferverb	To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
mortifyverb	(transitive, usually used passively) To injure the dignity of; to embarrass; to humiliate.
dismortgageverb	(transitive) To redeem from mortgage.
alienenoun	(transitive, archaic) To alienate; to transfer (a title or property).
abalienateverb	(civil law, transitive) To make another's that which was once yours; to transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.