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instalment
1/ ɪnˈstɔːlmənt /
noun
- one of the portions, usually equal, into which a debt is divided for payment at specified intervals over a fixed period
- a portion of something that is issued, broadcast, or published in parts, such as a serial in a magazine
instalment
2/ ɪnˈstɔːlmənt /
noun
- See installationanother word for installation
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Word History and Origins
Origin of instalment1
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Example Sentences
The expatriated ex-rebels became alarmed by the non-receipt of the indemnity instalment and the news from their homes.
Barnes was buying it on the instalment system, and I quite won his heart by complimenting him on it.
The essay was published later at Brussels with Agostino Ruffini's translation,—the only instalment of the projected series.
Next year, 1628, the transaction was fully confirmed, with the best legal counsel available; and the first instalment was paid.
Could not Meg have bought one on the instalment system for herself?
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