amortizement

[ am-er-tahyz-muhnt, uh-mawr-tiz- ]

noun

1. a sloping top on a buttress, pillar, etc.
2. an architectural feature, as a gable, at the top of a façade.
3. amortization.

Word History and Origins

Origin of amortizement¹

1610–20; amortize + -ment, after Middle French or Anglo-French amortissement