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chapter, episode, part, payment, section, division, earnest, portion, repayment, token,

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in⋅stall⋅ment

1 [in-stawl-muh

nt]

–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

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in⋅stall⋅ment

2 [in-stawl-muh

nt]

–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) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. The act of installing.
2. The state of being installed. Also called installment².
A system of machinery or other apparatus set up for use.
A permanent military base.

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in·stall·ment¹ also in·stal·ment (ĭn-stôl'mənt) Pronunciation Key
n.

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.]

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in·stall·ment² also in·stal·ment (ĭn-stôl'mənt) Pronunciation Key
n. See installation.

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.

installment
noun
1.	a payment of part of a debt; usually paid at regular intervals
2.	a part of a broadcast serial [syn: episode]
3.	a part of a published serial
4.	the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes" [syn: installation]

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.

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