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installment1 definition

in·stall·ment (in stôl′mənt)

noun

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

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

installment2 definition

in·stall·ment (in stôl′mənt)

noun

an installing or being installed; installation

Etymology: install + -ment

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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