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The definition of installment is the act of putting something new in, or an installment is one part of something that has multiple parts such as a payment or story.

(noun)

An example of an installment is the putting in of a new kitchen.
An example of an installment is a per month payment plan.

See installment in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

any of the parts of a debt or other sum of money to be paid at regular times over a specified period
any of several parts, as of a serial story, appearing at intervals

Origin: altered (infl. by install) < estallment < estall, to arrange payments for < OFr estaler, to stop, fix < estal, a halt, place < OHG stal: see stall

noun

an installing or being installed; installation

Origin: install + -ment

See installment in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also in·stal·ment

noun

One of a number of successive payments in settlement of a debt.
a. A portion of something, such as a publication, issued at intervals.
b. A chapter or part of a literary work presented serially.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration of obsolete estallment

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman

Origin: , from Old French estaler, to place, fix

Origin: , from estal, place

Origin: , of Germanic origin; see stel- in Indo-European roots

also in·stal·ment

noun

See installation.

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