amortisement
amortisement noun: synonym of amortization.
Noun (1)
amortisement (countable and uncountable, plural amortisements)
- Synonym of amortization.
- For example, upon the basis of its present operations, the annual charge of the Preussiche-Hypotheken-Actien-Bank for a loan of $1000, payable in fifty-seven years, would be 4½ per cent. or $45 per annum—interest being calculated at the rate of 4 per cent. and the annual installment or amortisement...1898 September, Oren Taft, Jr., “Land Credit”, in The Journal of Political Economy, volume 6, number 4, page 477
- It is estimated that, including amortisement, the expense would come to about 3.60f. per ton.1898, William Henry Maxwell, The Removal and Disposal of Town Refuse, page 313
- Synonyms:
- amortization
Noun (2)
amortisement (plural amortisements)
- A decorative element that appears at the top of a roof, gable, arch, buttress, or other structure that comes to a peak.
- It is easy to see, however, that the straight arch was constructed first, and that its keystone had an amortisement to which the second diagonal was to be attached. But the unskillful builders placed this amortisement not quite true, not precisely in the direction of the springing of the second...1911, Arthur Kingsley Porter, The Construction of Lombard and Gothic Vaults, page 13
- On top, as amortisement, a fleuron or a cross is formed.1925, The Jewelers' Circular - Volume 90, page 57
Synonyms of amortisement
Forms of amortisement
| plural | amortisements |
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Origin of amortisement
From amortise + -ment.
Questions about amortisement
- What does amortisement mean?
- Amortisement means synonym of amortization.
- What part of speech is amortisement?
- Amortisement is a noun.
- What is the plural of amortisement?
- The plural of amortisement is amortisements.
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