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noun
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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.
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a single portion of something furnished or issued by parts at successive times: a magazine serial in six installments.
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Installment
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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| instalment or (US) installment2 (ɪnˈstɔːlmənt) | |
| —n | |
| another word for installation | |
| installment or (US) installment2 | |
| —n | |
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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"
EXPANDis from 1823.
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