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n. Alternative spelling of amortization.

See amortization, amortize.

n. payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers

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

"By the end of this year, 15% of CLOs will have reached the end of reinvestment -- or so-called amortisation periods -- with an additional 27.5% maturing throughout 2012, S&P said."

payment    defrayal    defrayment    diminution    step-down    reduction    decrease   

amortization   

orany    zloty    Yuan    hard-on    decrement    drachma