instalment

¹

/ ɪnˈstɔːlmənt /

noun

1. another word for installation

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

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

Example Sentences

The expatriated ex-rebels became alarmed by the non-receipt of the indemnity instalment and the news from their homes.

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Barnes was buying it on the instalment system, and I quite won his heart by complimenting him on it.

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The essay was published later at Brussels with Agostino Ruffini's translation,—the only instalment of the projected series.

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Next year, 1628, the transaction was fully confirmed, with the best legal counsel available; and the first instalment was paid.

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Could not Meg have bought one on the instalment system for herself?

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