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amortizement

[am-er-tahyz-muh nt, 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.
Also a·mor·tisse·ment [uh-mawr-tiz-muh nt] /əˈmɔr tɪz mənt/.

Origin of amortizement

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