amortization

Questions about amortization

What does amortization mean?

amortization 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 amortization?

amortization has 5 syllables: am-or-ti-za-tion. The stress falls on "za". In IPA it is /ˌæmɚtɪˈzeɪʃən/.

What is another word for amortization?

Close synonyms include amortisation, amortisation. 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 amortization a common word?

amortization is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with amortization?

94 words rhyme with amortization. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.