installment en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ɪnˈstɔl.mənt/ without the cot–caught merger
- (Southern-England) audio
- (Australia) audio
- /ɪnˈstoːl.mənt/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
- /ɪnˈstɔːl.mənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɪnˈstɑl.mənt/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /ɪnˈstɔl.mənt/ (Scotland)
- ĭn-stôlʹmənt
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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(US) 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.
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: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: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: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:
- (US) 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 total. Payments are generally mensual, quarterly, triannual, biannual, or annual.
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(US) A part of a published or broadcast serial.
It is a serial story which we are all reading, and which grows in vital interest with each successive installment.
2012, Charles W. Chesnutt, The Marrow of Tradition, →ISBN: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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| installments | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| instalment | Commonwealth, alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
installment plan · noninstallment · installment loan
Synonyms
episode (part of a broadcast or published serial) · part (part of a broadcast or published serial)
Translations (71)
mi utu harangotengote (finance: portion of debt) · ru вы́пуск (media: part of a serial) · ta தவணை (finance: portion of debt) · gl episodio (media: part of a serial) · sh nastavak (media: part of a serial) · te వాయిదా (finance: portion of debt) · es plazo (finance: portion of debt) · fi erä (finance: portion of debt) · fi maksuerä (finance: portion of debt) · cs splátka (finance: portion of debt) · sh рата (finance: portion of debt) · de Rate (finance: portion of debt) · la pensiō (finance: portion of debt) · fr épisode (media: part of a serial) · fr volet (media: part of a serial) · de Folge (media: part of a serial) · es fascículo (media: part of a serial) · sh epizoda (media: part of a serial) · uk розстро́чка (finance: portion of debt) · bg вноска (finance: portion of debt) · ota قسط (finance: portion of debt) · mr हप्ता (finance: portion of debt) · gd earrann (finance: portion of debt) · ca quota (finance: portion of debt) · ur قِسْط (finance: portion of debt) · fi osamaksuerä (finance: portion of debt) · pt parcela (finance: portion of debt) · nn avdrag (finance: portion of debt) · ru взнос (finance: portion of debt) · sv amortering (finance: portion of debt) · nl schijf (finance: portion of debt) · tl hulog (finance: portion of debt) · is afborgun (finance: portion of debt) · id cicilan (finance: portion of debt) · bg епизод (media: part of a serial) · fi lyhennyserä (finance: portion of debt) · te విడత (finance: portion of debt) · sv avbetalning (finance: portion of debt) · hu részlet (finance: portion of debt) · sh наставак (media: part of a serial) · bg част (one of a series of parts of a given entity or process) · sv del (media: part of a serial) · pt episódio (media: part of a serial) · fi vaihe (one of a series of parts of a given entity or process) · fo avgjald (finance: portion of debt) · ur قِسْط (media: part of a serial) · nl aflevering (media: part of a serial) · ar قِسْط (finance: portion of debt) · ca episodi (media: part of a serial) · pt prestação (finance: portion of debt) · nl afbetaling (finance: portion of debt) · da afdrag (finance: portion of debt) · it rata (finance: portion of debt) · nb avdrag (finance: portion of debt) · es instalamento (finance: portion of debt) · eo partopago (finance: portion of debt) · gd cuibhreann (finance: portion of debt) · pl rata (finance: portion of debt) · ru часть (media: part of a serial) · da afbetaling (finance: portion of debt) · sh епизода (media: part of a serial) · fr au fur et à mesure (finance: portion of debt) · sk splátka (finance: portion of debt) · sv avsnitt (media: part of a serial) · es cuota (finance: portion of debt) · fi osa (media: part of a serial) · tr taksit (finance: portion of debt) · it episodio (media: part of a serial) · mr हफता (finance: portion of debt) · fi jakso (media: part of a serial) · bg серия (media: part of a serial)