How to Use amortize in a Sentence

amortize

verb
Definition of amortizenext
  • Its costs for bandwidth are then amortized across the life of its fiber and routers.
    — Ryan Singel, WIRED, 16 Oct. 2009
  • What gets lost amid the forest of dollar signs is that Dak wants a four-year deal and the Cowboys want five, the better to amortize the cap hit.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 26 May 2020
  • After all, the equipment has been amortized and the unit economics are good.
    — Kyle Stock, chicagotribune.com, 25 June 2018
  • According to Weinstein, the cost for the concierge has more than amortized itself over the years.
    — Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The early pickup will allow the conglomerate to amortize the cost of the show over two seasons.
    — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Buying in bulk will drop that cost, but that’s still a hard price tag to bear, even on a fleet vehicle that can amortize costs over years of service.
    — Alex Davies, WIRED, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The cost of that operating system has to be amortized over that network.
    — Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Moreover, the buyers can amortize their purchase price, often over 10 to 15 years.
    — Richard Rubin, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2020
  • The group says the price tag can be paid through a municipal revenue bond that would be amortized over 30 years and pledges to support union workers.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The asset will be amortized on a straight-line basis over a seven-year period.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2024
  • The group calls for passing a bond that would establish a standalone enterprise fund, with costs amortized over 30 years.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024
  • One proposal is to amortize how much insurers pay over time, like a home mortgage.
    — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 12 May 2024
  • The carrier will also seek to amortize shares held by its treasury equal to about 2.4% of its total share capital.
    — Rodrigo Orihuela, Bloomberg.com, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Many factors go into the price of the ticket, from the costs of gas and crew salaries — which have risen since the pandemic — to bigger-picture economics amortized over the course of an entire tour.
    — Joe Coscarelli, New York Times, 6 June 2024
  • Few vehicles have been such cash cows for their makers, either; consider how long ago the R&D for that platform must have been amortized.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 29 July 2019
  • These costs amortized over three to five years could reduce the banks’ return on equity, a key measure of profitability, by 0.5% to 0.8%, the report says.
    — Max Colchester, WSJ, 2 July 2017
  • But the exhibits can operate with minuscule staff and development costs can amortize to nothing the longer a tour goes on.
    — Curbed, 5 Apr. 2023
  • That's great when amortized compared to other methods but the upfront cost may simply be out of reach for too many lower income people.
    — Kayla Bartsch, National Review, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Prop houses and studios could amortize this cost by leasing the equipment out to other productions.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Costs may be fixed, such as amortizing a factory, equipment or other overhead that does not vary with the amount of output produced.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 23 June 2019
  • There’s still overhead, Dally said, but with complex instructions, it’s amortized over more math.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Sep. 2023
  • And the longer seasons allow a producer like Wells to amortize the cost of production, lowering episodic costs.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 14 May 2024
  • Under the agreement disclosed Tuesday, JBS will amortize debt equivalent to 80% of the net proceeds of any future asset sales.
    — Luciana Magalhaes, WSJ, 26 July 2017
  • Because content costs are amortized over time, early removal would cost Disney up to $1.8 billion.
    — Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 10 May 2023
  • Within a few years, the fully amortizing mortgage with equal monthly payments had become the standard for the industry.
    — Jack Guttentag, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
  • And yet, amortized over 20 summers—a reasonable lifespan given its trendproof materials—that works out to about $44 per wear, or less than the price of the aforementioned lunch.
    — Nancy MacDonell, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2017
  • More passengers per flight amortized the cost of expensive planes, fuel and flight crew more effectively.
    — Michael Barnard, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
  • That, in turn, would enable the plane to be sold at a relatively low cost abroad, since the up-front development expenses would be amortized over its long production life.
    — Jonathan Caverley, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2012
  • The proposal would also allow Glendale to amortize the rent over the 30-year term of the extended lease so the city could start receiving rent payments immediately, Frazer said.
    — Jeff Rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2020
  • Placing some series that originate on Fox Nation on Fox Business gives the company another way to amortize costs.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Sep. 2021

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