amortizement

Also a·mor·tisse·ment

[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

Example Sentences

For the acquisition of real property by ecclesiastical establishments the consent of the king to the amortizement was always necessary, even in the case of allodial lands; and if it was a case of feudal tenures the king and the direct overlords alone kept their rights, the intermediate lords being left out of the question.

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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.

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