installment
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mənt noun
1.
any of several parts into which a debt or other sum payable is divided for payment at successive fixed times: to pay for furniture in monthly installments.
2.
a single portion of something furnished or issued by parts at successive times: a magazine serial in six installments.
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instalment or (US) installment1 (ɪnˈstɔːlmənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | one of the portions, usually equal, into which a debt is divided for payment at specified intervals over a fixed period |
| 2. | a portion of something that is issued, broadcast, or published in parts, such as a serial in a magazine |
| [C18: from obsolete estallment, probably from Old French estaler to fix, hence to agree rate of payment, from estal something fixed, place, from Old High German stal | |
| installment or (US) installment1 | |
| —n | |
| [C18: from obsolete estallment, probably from Old French estaler to fix, hence to agree rate of payment, from estal something fixed, place, from Old High German stal | |
| instalment or (US) installment2 (ɪnˈstɔːlmənt) | |
| —n | |
| another word for installation | |
| installment or (US) installment2 | |
| —n | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
installment
"act of installing," 1589, from install. Meaning "arrangement of payment by fixed portions at fixed times" is from 1732, alteration of Anglo-Norm. estaler "fix payments," from O.Fr. estal "fixed position," from O.H.G. stal "standing place." Fig. sense of "part of a whole produced in advance of the rest"
is from 1823.
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Another installment about trust and respect for the user, after the jump.
Looking forward to reading the next installment of this topic.
As supply grew, prices dropped, and automakers offered installment plans to make purchasing cars easier.
His company invented the installment plan and the trade-in.
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