<prompt> Translate the following text to SwahiliAMORTIZATION -The gradual extinguishment of any amount over a period of time through a systematic allocation of the amount over a number of consecutive accounting periods such as the retirement of a debt by serial payments to a sinking fund.  <response>: Amortization - Kupunguza hatua kwa hatua ya kiasi chochote kwa kipindi cha muda kupitia mgawanyo wa utaratibu wa kiasi kwa kipindi cha hesabu ya mfululizo kama vile kustaafu kwa deni kwa malipo ya mfululizo kwa mfuko wa kuzama. 