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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 + obs. (e)stallment, equiv. to estall to arrange payment on an installment plan (perh. < AF) + -ment
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Spanish: plazo, German: die Rate, Japanese: 分割払い金
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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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in·stall·ment 1 also in·stal·ment     (ĭn-stôl'mənt)  Pronunciation Key 
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.]

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in·stall·ment 2 also in·stal·ment     (ĭn-stôl'mənt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   See installation.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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instalment

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

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