[a. Fr. amortissement: see AMORTIZE and -MENT.] = AMORTIZATION.
1618. Pulton, trans. Act 27 Edw. I. (1632), 78. There to make fine for the amortisements.
1881. J. A. Farrer, in Contemp. Rev., March, 444. Leopolds father placed his prohibition on the future amortizement of land by corporations without royal consent.