installment

¹

especially British, in·stal·ment

[in-stawl-muhnt]

noun

1. Finance.,  any of several parts into which a debt or other sum payable is divided for payment at successive fixed times; the scheduled periodic payment made on an installment loan.

   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.

installment

²

Or in·stal·ment

[in-stawl-muhnt]

noun

1. the act of installing. install.

2. the fact of being installed; install; installation.

Other Word Forms

• reinstallment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of installment¹

First recorded in 1770–75; in- ² + obsolete (e)stallment, equivalent to estall “to arrange payment on an installment plan” (perhaps from Anglo-French ) + -ment

Origin of installment²

First recorded in 1580–90; install + -ment

Example Sentences

The card acts both as both a debit card for instant payments and a credit card to split purchases into installments.

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Newberry’s five-and-dime store, she worked for a month and a half to pay it off in installments, wearing it for years until it all but disintegrated.

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Officials declined to share a timeline for this next installment.

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Actor Jay O. Sanders is the narrator on this “Secrets of the Dead” installment and, as is customary for the series, there is no small amount of hyperbole in the presentation.

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Stewart, who built ‘The Daily Show’ into a cultural juggernaut, has hosted the Monday night installment since February 2024.

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