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instalments' - 2 dictionary results
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.]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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