How to Use amortize in a Sentence
amortize
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Its costs for bandwidth are then amortized across the life of its fiber and routers.
—Ryan Singel, WIRED, 16 Oct. 2009
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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
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After all, the equipment has been amortized and the unit economics are good.
—Kyle Stock, chicagotribune.com, 25 June 2018
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According to Weinstein, the cost for the concierge has more than amortized itself over the years.
—Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
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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
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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
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The cost of that operating system has to be amortized over that network.
—Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2019
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Moreover, the buyers can amortize their purchase price, often over 10 to 15 years.
—Richard Rubin, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2020
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Prop houses and studios could amortize this cost by leasing the equipment out to other productions.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 12 Nov. 2021
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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
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There’s still overhead, Dally said, but with complex instructions, it’s amortized over more math.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Sep. 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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More passengers per flight amortized the cost of expensive planes, fuel and flight crew more effectively.
—Michael Barnard, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
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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
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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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That show is envisioned as a high fantasy/epic romance and would be a significant financial commitment — which means a pilot would be tough to amortize if the show didn’t go to series.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 29 Mar. 2023
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Illinois has repeatedly re-amortized its payments, which is why state pensions are only 40% funded.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 10 May 2018
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Writers’ pay is being amortized over longer periods of time, effectively lowering their per-week pay.
—David Ng, latimes.com, 26 Apr. 2017
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To this day, most mortgage shoppers are not aware that balloon payments, prepayment penalties, negative amortizing loans, and no-qualifiers are all banned.
—Jeff Lazerson, Orange County Register, 15 June 2017
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Called Origin, the shuttles have been designed to have a million-mile lifespan, which will help the company amortize the cost over a longer period and reduce annual expenditure, according to Mr. Nash.
—Nina Trentmann, WSJ, 23 Feb. 2022
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