amortise
a British spelling of amortize
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a British spelling of amortize
verb
if a country or bank forgives a debt, they decide that the debt does not have to be paid back
noun
a situation in which a business has money or property that it can sell in order to pay money that it owes
to give someone the same amount of money that you borrowed from them
to give someone all the money that you have borrowed from them to buy something
to pay money that you owe, especially when you are unwilling to pay
noun
an amount of money that you pay to the person, bank etc that you have borrowed it from
verb
to arrange to pay back money that you owe at a date that is later than originally agreed
to pay all of an amount of money that you owe to a particular person or company
verb
to divide an amount of money that you owe into parts and pay it in several instalments instead of all at one time
if two people square up, one pays what they owe so that both people are equal
to pay someone what you owe them by doing a job for them instead of giving them money
noun
noun
to do or pay what you have said you would
if you buy something on account, you take it now and pay for it later
if you pay an amount of money on account, you pay part of what you owe now and you pay the rest later
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using the Internet where you work, during working hours, for activities which are not work-related
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… to reveal a small part of your intentions in order to attract support, without actually committing yourself to doing anything
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