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 White House has said contributing companies, which are being asked to donate a lump sum or pay in up to three installments by 2027, are eligible for “recognition associated with the White House Ballroom.”

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He also painted the poster for the first installment in the Harry Potter film series, 2001’s “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.”

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Each installment is one to three minutes long and is displayed vertically on viewers’ devices.

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In an interview published last week in Deadline, “Wicked: For Good” director Jon M. Chu played coy about the identity of who he’d cast for the part in the second installment of his musical adaptation.

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"Tron: Ares," the latest installment in the Disney sci-fi franchise, followed up a disappointing debut with $11.1 million in its second week for second place in the United States and Canada, Exhibitor Relations reported.

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