Installment Definition

instôlmənt
installments
noun
installments
One of a number of successive payments in settlement of a debt.
American Heritage
Any of the parts of a debt or other sum of money to be paid at regular times over a specified period.
Webster's New World
A portion of something, such as a publication, issued at intervals.
American Heritage
Any of several parts, as of a serial story, appearing at intervals.
Webster's New World
An installing or being installed; installation.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Installment

Noun

Singular:
installment
Plural:
installments

Origin of Installment

  • Alteration of obsolete estallment from Anglo-Norman from Old French estaler to place, fix from estal place of Germanic origin stel- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • 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”)

    From Wiktionary

  • From install, itself from Old French installer, from Medieval Latin installare, from Latin in- + ML stallum 'stall' (from Germanic stal, see below)

    From Wiktionary

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