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am•or•tize•ment
(am′ər tīz′mənt, ə môr′tiz-),USA pronunciation n.
- Architecturea sloping top on a buttress, pillar, etc.
- Architecturean architectural feature, as a gable, at the top of a façade.
- Businessamortization.
- amortize + -ment, after Middle French or Anglo-French amortissement 1610–20
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