installment

CEFRB2

/ɪnˈstɔːl.mənt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    One of several payments made over a period of time.

  2. 02

    noun

    One part of a story, series, or larger work.

Examples

  • I bought this TV on the installment plan.

  • The last installment of this story will come out in the next issue.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ɪnˈstoːl.mənt/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A part of a published or broadcast serial.

  2. Any of a series of portions of a debt or sum of money, which portions may or may not be equal in amount (depending in part on whether the interest rate is fixed or variable), and payment of which takes place at regular intervals toward satisfaction of the tot...

  3. One of a series of parts, whether equal or unequal to the other parts of the series, of a given entity or a given process, which part presents or is presented at a particular scheduled interval.

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In context

  • Granted, this was but the first installment in the long process of “hatching” and mastering a dragon egg, but it was a good start.

  • Not to give rise to suspicion, I drank when they were looking, and when able to do it unperceived, I quietly deposited the contents, by installments, under the table.

  • Take oaths from all kings and magistrates at their installment, to do impartial justice by law.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

A 1732 alteration of estallment, from Anglo-Norman estaler (“fix payments”), from Old French estal (“fixed position”), from Old High German stal (“stall", "standing place”) The sense of "part of a whole produced in advance of the rest" is from 1823.