amortize \AM-er-tyze\
I've known this word for decades, but have always mentally mispronounced it (\uh-MOR-tyze\). I've also never considered this, from the WOTD write-up:
"When you amortize a loan, you 'kill it off' gradually by paying it down in installments." (Which, may I say, fits my pronunciation better than it does the correct one.)
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