AMORTIZE
/ΙΛmΙΛtaΙͺz/
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Scrabble
20
WWF
A(1) M(3) O(1) R(1) T(1) I(1) Z(10) E(1)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/ΙΛmΙΛtaΙͺz/
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.
Source: Wiktionary
Hooks
Back hooks: AMORTIZE-D AMORTIZE-S
