instalment

1

US installment

/ (ɪnˈstɔːlmənt) /


noun
  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

Origin of instalment

1
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 stal stall 1

Words Nearby instalment

British Dictionary definitions for instalment (2 of 2)

instalment2

US installment

/ (ɪnˈstɔːlmənt) /


noun
  1. another word for installation (def. 1)

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How to use instalment in a sentence

  • The expatriated ex-rebels became alarmed by the non-receipt of the indemnity instalment and the news from their homes.

    The Philippine Islands | John Foreman
  • Barnes was buying it on the instalment system, and I quite won his heart by complimenting him on it.

    Uncanny Tales | Various
  • The essay was published later at Brussels with Agostino Ruffini's translation,—the only instalment of the projected series.

    The Life of Mazzini | Bolton King
  • Next year, 1628, the transaction was fully confirmed, with the best legal counsel available; and the first instalment was paid.

    William Bradford of Plymouth | Albert Hale Plumb
  • Could not Meg have bought one on the instalment system for herself?