amortizement
Americannoun
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a sloping top on a buttress, pillar, etc.
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an architectural feature, as a gable, at the top of a façade.
Etymology
Origin of amortizement
1610–20; amortize + -ment, after Middle French or Anglo-French amortissement
Example Sentences
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If the apparatus operates without appreciable wear, the amortizement should be calculated at a very low figure, say 10 per cent., which is large.
From Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 by Various
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