Unscramble

a 1 m 3 o 1 r 1 t 1 i 1 z 10 a 1 t 1 i 1 o 1 n 1

12 letters · 23 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years

noun payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers

originFrom Middle English amortisen (“to kill, alienate in mortmain”), from Anglo-Norman amorteser, alteration of Old French amortir, from Vulgar Latin *admortire (“to kill”), from Latin ad- and mors, mortem (“death”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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