noun. undefined

noun. The act or process of amortizing.

noun. The money set aside for this purpose.

noun. In reckoning the yield of a bond bought at a premium, the periodic subtraction from its current yield of a proportionate share of the premium between the purchase date and the maturity date.

noun. The act of alienating lands or tenements to a corporation in mortmain.

noun. Extinction, as of debt, especially by a sinking-fund; a payment toward such extinction.

noun. Also admortization, amortizement.

noun. The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain.

noun. The extinction of a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund; also, the money thus paid.

noun. The reduction of loan principle over a series of payments.

noun. The distribution of the cost of an intangible asset, such as an intellectual property right, over the projected useful life of the asset.

noun. the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years

noun. payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers