installment plan

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noun
  1. a system for paying for an item in fixed amounts at specified intervals.

Origin of installment plan

1
First recorded in 1875–80

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How to use installment plan in a sentence

  • With intellectual taste, he can fill his library with just the books he desires "on the installment plan."

    Usury | Calvin Elliott

British Dictionary definitions for installment plan

installment plan

noun
  1. US and Canadian a system for purchasing merchandise, such as cars or furniture, in which the buyer takes possession of the merchandise on payment of a deposit and completes the purchase by paying a series of regular instalments while the seller retains ownership until the final instalment is paid: Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): hire-purchase

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