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instalment

1

/ ɪnˈstɔːlmənt /

noun

  1. another word for installation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


instalment

2

/ 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of instalment1

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
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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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