Installment definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

If you pay for something in installments, you pay small sums of money at regular intervals over a period of time, rather than paying the whole amount at ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Definitionof 'installment'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× installment (ɪnstɔlmənt ) Wordforms:installmentsregionalnote: inBRIT,useinstalment1. countablenoun Ifyoupayforsomethingininstallments,youpaysmallsumsofmoneyatregularintervalsoveraperiodoftime,ratherthanpayingthewholeamountatonce. Upper-brackettaxpayerswhoelectedtopaytheirtaxincreaseininstallmentsmust paythethirdinstallmentbyApril15. Synonyms:payment,repayment,partpayment MoreSynonymsofinstallment 2. countablenoun Aninstallmentofastoryorplanisoneofitspartsthatarepublishedorcarriedoutseparatelyoneaftertheother. Thenextinstallmentofthisfour-partseriesdealswiththeimpactofthewaron thecontinentofAfrica. MoreSynonymsofinstallment COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables LanguageLover'sBlog Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'snuggies' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency installmentinAmericanEnglish1 (ɪnˈstɔlmənt ) noun1.  anyofthepartsofadebtorothersumofmoneytobepaidatregulartimesoveraspecifiedperiod 2.  anyofseveralparts,asofaserialstory,appearingatintervals Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Wordoriginaltered(infl.byinstall)