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Amortization
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(derived through the French from Lat. ad, and mortem, to death), literally an extinction or doing to death, a word formerly used of alienating lands in mortmain, and now for the paying off of a debt, particularly by means of a regular sinking-fund; thus "amortization" and "amortization fund" generally refer to the latter method of extinguishing some pecuniary liability.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Amortization'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/amortization.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Amortization'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/amortization.html. 1910.
