amortisation

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsamortization

   Broaderdecrease
2. 2.

   payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers

   Synonymsamortization

   Broaderpayment

Other forms of amortisation

plural

amortisations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about amortisation

What does amortisation mean?

amortisation means "the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in amortisation?

amortisation has 6 syllables: a-mor-ti-sa-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for amortisation?

Close synonyms include amortization, amortization. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is amortisation a common word?

amortisation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.