installment

Noun
Synonyms: episodeinstalmentinstallationinstalling

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  1. a payment of part of a debt; usually paid at regular intervals
  2. a part of a broadcast serialSynonyms: episodeinstalment
  3. a part of a published serialSynonyms: instalment
  4. the act of installing something (as equipment)“the telephone installation took only a few minutes”Synonyms: installationinstallinginstalment
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

installment \in*stall"ment\, instalment \in*stal"ment\, n.

1.The act of installing; installation. [1913 Webster]

Take oaths from all kings and magistrates at their installment, to do impartial justice by law.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.The seat in which one is placed. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

The several chairs of order, look, you scour; . . . Each fair installment, coat, and several crest With loyal blazon, evermore be blest.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.A portion of a debt, or sum of money, which is divided into portions that are made payable at different times; that portion of a debt payed back in any one payment; as, the next installment is due January first. Payment by installment is payment by parts at different times, the amounts and times being often definitely stipulated. --Bouvier. [1913 Webster +PJC]

4.a part of a broadcast serial. [WordNet sense 1]

Syn: episode. [WordNet 1.5]

5.a part of a published serial. [WordNet sense 2] [WordNet 1.5]

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