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amortize (AM-er-tize, uh-MOR-tize)
1. To liquidate (a debt, such as a mortgage) by installment payments or payment into a sinking fund.
2. To write off an expenditure (office equipment, for example) by prorating over a certain period.
On Sunday a friend of mine kept saying, "AM-uh-tor-ize," kind of like "amateurize." Before I looked it up today, I said A-mor-tize, with a long A, but at least I didn't add any syllables. So I was trying not to let it bother me, but then today I overheard a conversation where someone else pronounced it exactly the same way. And the person he was speaking with said it just as badly, but I can't remember just how.
*sigh*
1. To liquidate (a debt, such as a mortgage) by installment payments or payment into a sinking fund.
2. To write off an expenditure (office equipment, for example) by prorating over a certain period.
On Sunday a friend of mine kept saying, "AM-uh-tor-ize," kind of like "amateurize." Before I looked it up today, I said A-mor-tize, with a long A, but at least I didn't add any syllables. So I was trying not to let it bother me, but then today I overheard a conversation where someone else pronounced it exactly the same way. And the person he was speaking with said it just as badly, but I can't remember just how.
*sigh*
