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amortizement

[ 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.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of amortizement1

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

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