amortize
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/əˈmɔːtaɪz/
English
Definitions
verb
- To alienate (property) in mortmain.
- To wipe out (a debt, liability etc.) gradually or in installments.
- To even out the costs of running an algorithm over many iterations, so that high-cost iterations are much less frequent than low-cost iterations, which lowers the average running time.
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amortisesubsidizerepayrecouprecoveroffsetcounteractalleviatemitigatesoftendepreciatebreakcushionabsorbdampenbuffer