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Definition of Amortisation

1. Noun. The reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years.

2. Noun. Payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers.

Definition of Amortisation

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of amortization) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amortisation

amorphosynthesis amorphous amorphous fraction of adrenal cortex amorphous insulin zinc suspension amorphous phosphorus amorphous shape amorphously amorphousness amorphousnesses amorphozoa

amorphozoic amorphs amorphus amorphy amort amortisation (current term) amortisations amortise amortised amortises

amortising amortisseur winding amortizable amortization amortizations amortize amortized amortizement amortizes amortizing

Literary usage of Amortisation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Accounts; Their Construction and Interpretation: For Business Men and by William Morse Cole (1915)
"So the first amortisation is less than the first present worth by just enough to reduce it to the last present worth. The two sets of figures run in ..."

2. Co-operative Credit for the United States by Henry William Wolff (1917)
"The Bavarian society allows amortisation at annual rates varying from y2 to 6 ... The Saxon society as a rule levies 9-10 amortisation, which allows for an ..."

3. Mexico of the Twentieth Century by Percy Falcke Martin (1908)
"... foreign banking-houses—amortisation provision- Gradual cancellation of public securities—Table showing Mexican Government and State Government loans, ..."

4. Problems and Studies in the Accountancy of Investment by Charles Ezra Sprague (1905)
"INSTALLATION OF amortisation ACCOUNTS. When the accounts of securities have once been estab- lisht on the plan of gradual extinction of premiums and ..."

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