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verb

amortise

liquidate gradually

In a sentence

Six example sentences with amortise, each labelled with its topic.

  • The couple chose to amortise the loan over twenty-five years, so each payment chips away at the balance.

    Finance

  • Firms amortise the cost of a new license across its useful life rather than taking the hit in one year.

    Business

  • Governments prefer to amortise reconstruction debt over decades, spreading the burden across taxpayers who are not yet born.

    Economics

  • The founders amortise the cost of the office fit-out over the length of the lease rather than booking it all in year one.

    Startups

  • The client will amortise the building's cost over forty years, so the architect argued for materials that last that long.

    Architecture

  • The contract lets the tenant amortise the improvements over the term of the lease, then walk away with nothing owed.

    Law

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