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English Dictionary: installment by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
installment
n
  1. a payment of part of a debt; usually paid at regular intervals
  2. a part of a broadcast serial
    Synonym(s): episode, installment, instalment
  3. a part of a published serial
    Synonym(s): installment, instalment
  4. the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes"
    Synonym(s): installation, installing, installment, instalment
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Installment \In*stall"ment\, n. [Written also instalment.]
      1. The act of installing; installation.
  
                     Take oaths from all kings and magistrates at their
                     installment, to do impartial justice by law.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. The seat in which one is placed. [Obs.]
  
                     The several chairs of order, look, you scour; . . .
                     Each fair installment, coat, and several crest With
                     loyal blazon, evermore be blest.         --Shak.
  
      3. A portion of a debt, or sum of money, which is divided
            into portions that are made payable at different times.
            Payment by installment is payment by parts at different
            times, the amounts and times being often definitely
            stipulated. --Bouvier.
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