| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
| |
| amortization |
| |
| |
| (am-uhr-tuh-ZAY-shuhn, uh-mawr-tuh-ZAY-shuhn) A term that refers either to the gradual paying off of a debt in regular installments over a period of time or to the depreciation of the “book value” (that is, the standard assessed value) of an asset over a period of time. | 1 |
| |
| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
|
|
