amortize
amortize.01 - spread out burden temporally
AMORTIZE-V NOTES: Frames file for 'amortize' based on sentences in wsj. No Verbnet entry. (from amortize.01-v predicate notes)Aliases:
amortize (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: spreader of burden, agent
ARG1-PPT: burden (us. cost, debt)
ARG2-TMP: spread over what
ARG1-PPT: burden (us. cost, debt)
ARG2-TMP: spread over what
no arg2
The Turner moveARG0
is in line with a cable - TV trend toward more original programming -- and toward finding more ways to amortizerel
the high cost of producing filmsARG1
.all args
As a U.S.-based company ,
Blue ArrowARG0
would have to amortizerel
the good willARG1
over as many as 40 yearsARG2
, creating a continuing drag on reported earnings .