instalment

¹ British  

/ 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

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instalment ² British  

/ ɪnˈstɔːlmənt /

noun

1. another word for installation

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Etymology

Origin of instalment

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

Example Sentences

Cooper, who underwent the first stage of surgery on Thursday, will be replaced by Brian O'Connell on Last Instalment.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2014

Fenton's duo, alongside Cheltenham Gold Cup possible First Instalment, were cleared to run at the meeting after passing dope tests carried out at their Tipperary stables by the British Horseracing Authority.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2014

Some 1,800 bankers gathered last week at the annual National Instalment Credit Conference in Chicago searching for new prescriptions to satisfy the U.S. consumer's insatiable craving for credit.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week the Bureau published The Statistical Pattern of Instalment Debt, a 23-page pamphlet, which told the results of the study of non-relief families in 1935-36.

From Time Magazine Archive

First Instalment this; copiously followed by others, all that year; and flowing on, in smaller rills and drippings, for several years more, till it got completed.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 09 by Carlyle, Thomas