How do you use the word "installment" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "installment" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "installment": I bought this TV on the installment plan. The last installment of this story will come out in the next issue.

Installment Meaning

/ɪnˈstɔːl.mənt/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounOne 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.

nounAny 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 total. Payments are generally mensual, quarterly, triannual, biannual, or annual.

Sentence Examples

I bought this TV on the installment plan.

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

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

episode

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

He paid the first ____ of the loan last month as agreed.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I have just paid the final ____ on my new car, which means that I now own it completely.

Word Origin & History

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.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"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." — 1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 20:

"Granted, this was but the first installment in the long process of “hatching” and mastering a dragon egg, but it was a good start." — 2009, Richard Leviton, Santa Fe Light: Touring the Visionary Geography of Santa Fe, New Mexico, →ISBN:

"The blessings of the kingdom (healing, freedom, Stan's defat, abundant life, relationship with the King) are available now. Yet they are available only as a foretaste, the first installment of what will come when Christ returns." — 2014, Karen Lee-Thorp, A Compact Guide to the Christian Life, →ISBN:

"Now bands like Mumford and the Lumineers are fulfilling that role, but they're also becoming the latest installment of the whole "indie goes mainstream"/"mainstream co-opt indie" thing that's been happening since Seth Cohen's heyday -- or, you know, since Don Draper married Megan." — 2015, How to Write About Music, →ISBN, page 193:

"With The Two Towers, the new installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, about to storm the box office, we are seeing what might be called the enchanting of America." — 2010, Michael A. Cramer, Medieval Fantasy as Performance, →ISBN, page ix:

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