What's the word for this (not "amortize")?

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".

Reply to
Adam Funk
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"pay for"

The season ticket costs $20. . .

It is unusual in the US to have to go in person to the ticket window to pay for the season ticket in installments. I suppose one might want to pay for the ticket on an installment plan.

I use my credit card for the entire amount, and can spread the payments out over a period of time chosen by me. However, with a total amount as small as $20, I would either pay the total by check or by debit card, or even in cash. US postage for 3 additional mailed payments would be more than $1.20 (5 %+), and, unless I can make those additional payments on my way to or from someplace else (so as not to incur an additional expenditure of effort or time) I would really, really want to pay the entire charge up front. Oh, I pay my credit cards online, choosing the monthly amounts at will. I usually pay the entire balance due, and don't carry anything forward, thereby avoiding finance charges. I bank online, and transfer the correct amounts from savings accounts that earn interest, to the checking account, which earns very little interest.

Reply to
Pat Durkin

Justify it.

Reply to
UC

Not quite an answer to the question (i.e. not a single word) but the expression I would expect to see is "I need to come here three more times before it's paid for itself". That's illogical also, but everyone will know what you mean.

Regards

Jonathan

Reply to
Jonathan Morton

vitiate

Reply to
Grrr

Naaa....

More like justify, rationalize, support, warrant.......

Reply to
Paul Thomas, CPA

"get my money's worth out of" "not counting that one game, you know the one, wasn't worth it"

Dave

Reply to
David DeLaney

Adam Funk wrote in news:6p79i4-cfk.ln1 @news.ducksburg.com:

Satisvalorize.

Sufficicate.

Equipecunify.

Nimsworth.

Any of those should do.

All the best,

John.

Reply to
John D Salt

Little League?

get my money's worth from?

I suspect you're right.

-- Jerry Friedman

Reply to
jerry_friedman

Soak?

-- YOP...

Reply to
nimrod poindexter, idiot extra

More like "so on average I only paid $5 a visit". I see this word misused all the time and understand just what the speaker meant to say. The Latin root 'mort' means "death', and one amortizes a loan by paying it off over time. Buying an item and getting your money's worth is good, but it's not amortizing.

A friend was spending nearly $100 taking his family to the movies once a month. By dropping $2000 on a plasma TV, and borrowing 'just released' DVDs from the library, instead of going to the movies, he figured to break even in less than two years. But there still was no amortizing involved.

JOE

Reply to
joetaxpayer
  • Adam Funk wrote, On 05/21/2007 03:16 PM:

... not feel like a fool for spending four times the admission for this one event."

Also: SAIT.

Reply to
anTonOMasia

Thank you.

That's a noun (like jobsworth, hapennyworth and woolworth).

PS: You forget to mention "Tony Blair".

Reply to
Adam Funk

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."

Reply to
Don Phillipson

On Mon, 21 May 2007 20:16:22 +0100, Adam Funk posted:

I can't think of a single word, but if I wanted to express it, I'd say something like:

"... to make it worthwhile." "... to break even." "... to get my money's worth."

Reply to
Oleg Lego

"Adam Funk" wrote

Condone or remit (along with justify).

--oTTo--

Capable of using an online thesaurus since Jan 2, 1996

Reply to
Otto Bahn

That's it: corrupt, deflower, spoil, make air impure.

Reply to
Adam Funk

Is there a technical term (in accounting) for this?

Reply to
Adam Funk

'break even on'

Reply to
Pavel314

"to completely cover it with sperm"? Your kink is batting a thousand.

Mark Edwards

Reply to
Mark Edwards

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