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Definition: Amortise |
AmortiseVerb1. Liquidate gradually. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: AmortiseSynonym: amortize (v). (additional references) |
| "Amortise" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Amortise" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "amortise"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | amortizoj (absorb, amortize, break, muffle), zbut (allay, amortize, appease, assuage, attenuate, break, calm, chasten, commute, daunt, disarm, ease, extenuate, malaxate, manage, melt, mince, mitigate, moderate, modify, mollify, palatalize, palliate, propitiate, qualify, reclaim, relax, relieve, smooth, soften, soothe, subdue, tame, temper, tenderize, tone down), zbus (allay, amortize, assuage, attenuate, break, calm, calm down, domesticate, ease, macerate, propitiate, relax, soften). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | амортизирам (amortize, sink), погасявам (amortize, clear off, extinguish, pay off, quit, redeem, sink). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 折旧 (Amortize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | værdier som kan afskrives (assets to amortise, assets to amortize, assets to write off, sinking securities). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | af te schrijven activa (assets to amortise, assets to amortize, assets to write off, sinking securities). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | valeurs amortir (assets to amortise, assets to amortize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zu tilgende Werte (assets to amortise, assets to amortize, assets to write off, sinking securities). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αξίες προς απόσβεση (assets to amortise, assets to amortize, assets to write off, sinking securities). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | amortizál (amortize, sank, sunk, to sink), törleszt kölcsönt (amortize), leír (amortize, depict, describe, note down, portray, put down, to blazon, to delineate, to depict, to describe, to engross, to illustrate, to picture, to portray, to put down, to set down, to stick down, to transcribe, to write down, to write off, write down, write off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ammortizzare (amortize, dampen, deaden, depreciate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | amortiseay amortizar (amortize, pay in instalments, pay off, redeem, refund). (various references) отчуждать недвижимость (amortize), погашать долг (amortize, extinguish, liquidate), погашать (amortize). (various references) amortizovati (amortize). (various references) amortizar (amortize, deaden, pay off, redeem). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "amortise": amortised, amortises. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: atomiser. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-m-o-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: amorist, amosite, atomies, atomise, erotism, imarets, maestri, maestro, misrate, moister, mortise, smartie, trisome. | |
-2 letters: aimers, airest, aorist, ariose, aristo, armets, armies, imaret, isomer, master, maters, matres, merits, metros, misate, miseat, mister, miters, mitres, moires, oaters, orates, ramets, ramies, ramose, ratios, remits, rimose, samite, satire, satori, smiter, somite, sortie, stream, striae, stroma, tamers. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-m-o-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: amitroles, amortised, amortises, amortizes, atomisers, atomizers, estimator, mediators, osmeteria, rolamites. | |
+2 letters: aeronomist, ametropias, antismoker, aromatizes, brominates, costmaries, cremations, dermatosis, estimators, formatives, fumatories, imperators, ironmaster, isothermal, majorities, manticores, meditators, meliorates, microstate, molarities, monetarism, monetarist, moralities, morganites, mortuaries, protamines, ramosities, stramonies, thimerosal. | |
+3 letters: aeronomists, allometries, ameliorates, amoralities, antimoderns, antismokers, astrometric, astronomies, atmospheric, audiometers, autoerotism, barometries, bichromates, cafetoriums, choirmaster, commiserate, creationism, crematories, dichromates, dogmatizers, elastomeric, eliminators, emigrations, enantiomers, ergotamines, formalities, hematocrits, immortalise, impersonate, importances, inseminator, ironmasters, macerations, mandatories, manometries, marionettes, matrimonies, mayoralties, meliorators, memorialist, mensuration, meritocrats, meroblastic, microstates, misanthrope, miscreation, moderations, monasteries, monetarisms, monetarists, mortalities, nitrosamine, normalities, numerations, ordainments, orientalism, patrimonies, peristomial, permeations, radiometers, remotivates, renominates, romanticise, salinometer, tambourines, tautomerism, temerarious, temporaries, terminators, thermotaxis, thimerosals, timocracies, tourmalines, trampolines, variometers, wolframites. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6D 6F 72 74 69 73 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -- --- .-. - .. ... . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101101 01101111 01110010 01110100 01101001 01110011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A m o r t i s e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006D 006F 0072 0074 0069 0073 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3579818486758571 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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