Amort(a.) As if dead; lifeless; spiritless; dejected; depressed.
Amortization(n.) The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain.
Amortization(n.) The extinction of a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund; also, the money thus paid.
Amortize(v. t.) To make as if dead; to destroy.
Amortize(v. t.) To alienate in mortmain, that is, to convey to a corporation. See Mortmain.
Amortize(v. t.) To clear off or extinguish, as a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund.

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