amortise

English

Verb

amortise (third-person singular simple present amortises, present participle amortising, simple past and past participle amortised)

1. (British spelling) Alternative form of amortize
   • 1961 July, “Editorial: Sir Brian begs the questions”, in Trains Illustrated, page 386:

     Within a few days of Sir Brian's lecture we were in Belgium, hearing at first hand from the traction chiefs of the S.N.C.B. that their investments in main-line diesel locomotives have been amortised within six or seven years, although the units do not average more than 260 miles or 15 hours a day in traffic.

Derived terms

• unamortised

 

Anagrams

• Amorites, Masorite, Timor Sea, atomiser