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in⋅stall⋅ment

1  [in-stawl-muhnt]
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–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.
Also, in⋅stal⋅ment.

Origin:
1725–35; in- 2 + obs. (e)stallment, equiv. to estall to arrange payment on an installment plan (perh. < AF) + -ment

in⋅stall⋅ment

2  [in-stawl-muhnt]
–noun
1. the act of installing.
2. the fact of being installed; installation.
Also, in⋅stal⋅ment.

Origin:
1580–90; install + -ment
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in·stal·la·tion   (ĭn'stə-lā'shən)   
n.  
    1. The act of installing.
    2. The state of being installed. Also called installment2.
  2. A system of machinery or other apparatus set up for use.
  3. A permanent military base.
in·stall·ment 1 also in·stal·ment   (ĭn-stôl'mənt)   
n.  
  1. One of a number of successive payments in settlement of a debt.
    1. A portion of something, such as a publication, issued at intervals.
    2. A chapter or part of a literary work presented serially.

[Alteration of obsolete estallment, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French estaler, to place, fix, from estal, place, of Germanic origin; see stel- in Indo-European roots.]
in·stall·ment 2 also in·stal·ment   (ĭn-stôl'mənt)   
n.  See installation.
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Installment

In*stall"ment\, n. [Written also instalment.]

1. The act of installing; installation.

Take oaths from all kings and magistrates at their installment, to do impartial justice by law. --Milton.

2. The seat in which one is placed. [Obs.]

The several chairs of order, look, you scour; . . . Each fair installment, coat, and several crest With loyal blazon, evermore be blest. --Shak.

3. A portion of a debt, or sum of money, which is divided into portions that are made payable at different times. Payment by installment is payment by parts at different times, the amounts and times being often definitely stipulated. --Bouvier.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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installment

A partial payment on a financial obligation. For example, an annual or monthly payment to the seller of an asset, such as a farm, on a long-term contract is an installment. Installments are composed partly of principal and partly of interest. If all the installments are of equal size, each subsequent payment incorporates an increasing amount of principal and a decreasing amount of interest.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
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Main Entry: in·stall·ment
Function: noun
: one of the parts into which a debt is divided when payment is made at intervals —installment adjective
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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