amortize

Verb

Verb Forms: amortized, amortizing, amortizes

To gradually reduce a debt through periodic payments.
liquidate gradually
To alienate (property) in mortmain.
To wipe out (a debt, liability etc.) gradually or in installments.
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.

Examples

He played AMORTIZE to gradually reduce his opponent’s commanding lead.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English amortisen, from Old French amortir (via the stem amortiss-), from Vulgar Latin *admortīre, derived from Latin mortuus (“dead”).

Synonyms

amortise

Antonyms

accrue

Scrabble Score: 19

amortize: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
amortize: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
amortize: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

amortize: valid Words With Friends Word