[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["Finance.to liquidate or extinguish (a mortgage, debt, or other obligation), especially by periodic payments to the creditor or to a sinking fund.to write off a cost of (an asset) gradually.", "to liquidate or extinguish (a mortgage, debt, or other obligation), especially by periodic payments to the creditor or to a sinking fund.", "to write off a cost of (an asset) gradually.", "Old English Law.to convey to a corporation or church group; alienate in mortmain."]}]