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verb

amortize

to gradually pay off a debt or spread a cost over a defined period

In a sentence

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

  • The loan amortizes over twenty years, so each payment covers a little more principal than the one before.

    Finance

  • They amortized the studio build across four years of accounts rather than charging the whole cost to one quarter.

    Startups

  • A twelve-thousand-euro lens looks reckless until you amortize it over six years of paid commissions and rentals.

    Photography

  • A factory can amortize the cost of new robots over a decade, which is why high wages push firms to automate.

    Economics

  • The retailer will amortize its new warehouse over fifteen years, so the expense barely dents any single year's profit.

    Business

  • Clients accept a costlier facade once the architect shows how to amortize it against forty years of lower heating bills.

    Architecture

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