instalment

[in-stawl-muhnt]

in·stall·ment

1[in-stawl-muhnt]
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 + obsolete (e)stallment, equivalent to estall to arrange payment on an installment plan (perhaps < Anglo-French ) + -ment

re·in·stal·ment, noun

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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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instalment or (US) installment1 (ɪnˈstɔːlmənt)
 
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 stalstall1]
 
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 stalstall1]

instalment or (US) installment2 (ɪnˈstɔːlmənt)
 
n
another word for installation
 
installment or (US) installment2
 
n

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