installment
pronunciation
How to pronounce installment in British English:
UK [ɪnˈstɔːlmənt]
How to pronounce installment in American English:
US [ɪnˈstɔːlmənt]
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- Noun:
- a payment of part of a debt; usually paid at regular intervals
- a part of a broadcast serial
- a part of a published serial
- the act of installing something (as equipment)
Word Origin
- installment (n.)
- "act of installing," 1580s, from install + -ment. Meaning "arrangement of payment by fixed portions at fixed times" is from 1732, alteration of Anglo-French estaler "fix payments," from Old French estal "fixed position, place," from a Germanic source akin to Old High German stal "standing place" (see stall (n.1)). Figurative sense of "part of a whole produced in advance of the rest" is from 1823.
Example
- 1. The first installment of the series is available now online at www.topsecretamerica.com , as well as at www.washingtonpost.com/topsecretamerica .
- 2. So azul offers payments by direct bank withdrawal as well as installment plans .
- 3. In this second installment of our palm pre review , we go in-depth on the software side of the device .
- 4. The first installment of this expanding series , called the boneyard project : nose job , was comprised of works from over a dozen artists .
- 5. Editor 's note : this is the eleventh installment of an interview series that appeared in the vernacular asahi shimbun under the title " brave , grave new world . "