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Otto Bahn
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 Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 8:50 pm Post subject: Re: What's the word for this (not "amortize")? |
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"Adam Funk" <a24061@ducksburg.com> wrote
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What's the correct word to use in this example?
"The season ticket cost $20 so I need to come here 3 more times to
_____ it."
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Condone or remit (along with justify).
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Adam Funk
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 10:42 pm Post subject: Re: What's the word for this (not "amortize")? |
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On 2007-05-21, Grrr wrote:
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In alt.usage.english Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> wrote:
What's the correct word to use in this example?
"The season ticket cost $20 so I need to come here 3 more times to
_____ it."
vitiate
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That's it: corrupt, deflower, spoil, make air impure.
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Adam Funk
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 10:48 pm Post subject: Re: What's the word for this (not "amortize")? |
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On 2007-05-21, Paul Thomas, CPA wrote:
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What's the correct word to use in this example?
"The season ticket cost $20 so I need to come here 3 more times to
_____ it."
vitiate
Naaa....
More like justify, rationalize, support, warrant.......
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Is there a technical term (in accounting) for this?
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Pavel314
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 3:33 am Post subject: Re: What's the word for this (not "amortize")? |
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"Adam Funk" <a24061@ducksburg.com> wrote in message
news:6p79i4-cfk.ln1@news.ducksburg.com...
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What's the correct word to use in this example?
"The season ticket cost $20 so I need to come here 3 more times to
_____ it."
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'break even on' |
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Mark Edwards
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 6:27 am Post subject: Re: What's the word for this (not "amortize")? |
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No cluons were harmed when Adam Funk wrote:
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What's the correct word to use in this example?
"The season ticket cost $20 so I need to come here 3 more times
to _____ it."
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"to completely cover it with sperm"? Your kink is batting a thousand.
Mark Edwards
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John D Salt
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 10:01 am Post subject: Re: What's the word for this (not "amortize")? |
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"nimrod poindexter, idiot extraordinaire" <nervous.nick@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1179795557.171494.327630@z28g2000prd.googlegroups.com:
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On May 21, 5:41 pm, John D Salt <jdsalt_AT_gotadsl.co.uk> wrote:
Adam Funk <a24...@ducksburg.com> wrote in news:6p79i4-cfk.ln1
@news.ducksburg.com:
What's the correct word to use in this example?
"The season ticket cost $20 so I need to come here 3 more times to
_____ it."
Satisvalorize.
Sufficicate.
Equipecunify.
Nimsworth.
Any of those should do.
All the best,
John.
Soak?
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Maybe I am, but what's that got to do with it?
All the best,
John. |
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Mark Wallace
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 10:13 am Post subject: Re: What's the word for this (not "amortize")? |
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"John D Salt" <jdsalt_AT_gotadsl.co.uk> wrote in message
news:Xns993941BC1D544BaldHeadedJohn@216.196.109.145...
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"nimrod poindexter, idiot extraordinaire" <nervous.nick@gmail.com> wrote
in
news:1179795557.171494.327630@z28g2000prd.googlegroups.com:
On May 21, 5:41 pm, John D Salt <jdsalt_AT_gotadsl.co.uk> wrote:
Adam Funk <a24...@ducksburg.com> wrote in news:6p79i4-cfk.ln1
@news.ducksburg.com:
What's the correct word to use in this example?
"The season ticket cost $20 so I need to come here 3 more times to
_____ it."
Satisvalorize.
Sufficicate.
Equipecunify.
Nimsworth.
Any of those should do.
All the best,
John.
Soak?
Maybe I am, but what's that got to do with it?
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Everything. My glass is empty. |
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Gamma
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 10:14 am Post subject: Re: What's the word for this (not "amortize")? |
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In article <Xns9937EB209436DBaldHeadedJohn@216.196.109.145>, John D
Salt wrote:
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Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> wrote in news:6p79i4-cfk.ln1
@news.ducksburg.com:
What's the correct word to use in this example?
"The season ticket cost $20 so I need to come here 3 more times to
_____ it."
Satisvalorize.
Sufficicate.
Equipecunify.
Nimsworth.
Any of those should do.
All the best,
John.
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You've been drinking too miuch
Kool-paraminobenzoyldiethylaminoethanolumphhydrochloricum
I think "amortize" does the job.
amortize |?am?r?t?z| |?øm?r?ta?z| |??m??t??z|
verb [ trans. ]
€ gradually write off the initial cost of (an asset) : they want to
amortize the tooling costs quickly. |
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John D Salt
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 4:04 pm Post subject: Re: What's the word for this (not "amortize")? |
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Gamma <Gamma@coldmail.com> wrote in news:230520071028474090%
Gamma@coldmail.com:
[Snips]
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You've been drinking too miuch
Kool-paraminobenzoyldiethylaminoethanolumphhydrochloricum
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Impossible.
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I think "amortize" does the job.
amortize |?am?r?t?z| |?øm?r?ta?z| |??m??t??z|
verb [ trans. ]
€ gradually write off the initial cost of (an asset) : they want to
amortize the tooling costs quickly.
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Writing something off the books is not the same as achieving a full return
on the initial investment made in it, which is what the word we need should
mean.
All the best,
John. |
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Adam Funk
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 4:33 pm Post subject: Re: What's the word for this (not "amortize")? |
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On 2007-05-23, Gamma wrote:
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I think "amortize" does the job.
amortize |?am?r?t?z| |?øm?r?ta?z| |??m??t??z|
verb [ trans. ]
gradually write off the initial cost of (an asset) : they want to
amortize the tooling costs quickly.
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That's a bit different from the OED's definition and example:
To extinguish or wipe out (a debt or other liability), usually by
means of a sinking fund, which eventually redeems it.
1882 St. James' Gaz. 3 Feb., They would introduce economies in
order to amortise the Egyptian Debt.
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Boris Bollocks
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 7:15 pm Post subject: Re: What's the word for this (not "amortize")? |
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On May 21, 8:16 pm, Adam Funk <a24...@ducksburg.com> wrote:
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What's the correct word to use in this example?
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Cross-post. |
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Adam Funk
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 10:23 pm Post subject: Re: What's the word for this (not "amortize")? |
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On 2007-05-22, Don Phillipson wrote:
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You will probably find most English-speaking people
use the word amortize only for large sums of money
(usually repaid in several or many instalments.) For
amounts so small as $20, they usually speak about
"getting their money's worth."
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Many thanks for to rectify my English!!!
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Rocinante
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 6:57 am Post subject: Re: What's the word for this (not "amortize")? |
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On Mon, 21 May 2007 20:16:22 +0100, Adam Funk wrote:
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What's the correct word to use in this example?
"The season ticket cost $20 so I need to come here 3 more times to
_____ it."
I think I've been misusing "amortize".
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Just for fun, how about any of the other terms that are always associated
with amortize:
Accrete
Deplete
Depreciate
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mm
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 9:08 am Post subject: Re: What's the word for this (not "amortize")? |
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On Mon, 21 May 2007 20:16:22 +0100, Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com>
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What's the correct word to use in this example?
"The season ticket cost $20 so I need to come here 3 more times to
_____ it."
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get the benefit of it, get the value of it.
I'm pretty sure you mean you have to attend at least 4 times to make
it worthwhile to have bought a season ticket, instead of buying a seat
everytime you come.
And Joe slid by a good alternative, break even.
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I think I've been misusing "amortize".
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It's close, although maybe it's backwards. I'm not sure. Regardless,
Joe is right about amortize, also.
If you are inclined to email me
for some reason, remove NOPSAM  |
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Adam Funk
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 5:21 pm Post subject: Re: What's the word for this (not "amortize")? |
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On 2007-05-23, Boris Bollocks wrote:
My computer does it automatically!
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deleting all DLLs in your Windows/system32 directory and see what
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