- in|stall|ment
- in|stall|ment1 «ihn STL muhnt», noun.1. a part of a sum of money or of a debt to be paid at stated times: »
The furniture cost $100; we paid for it in installments of $10 a month for ten months.
2. Figurative. one of several parts issued at different times: »This magazine has a serial story appearing in six installments.
╂[alteration of earlier estallment < stall agree to payment of (a debt) by installments (< Old French estaler to fix, place < estal position < a Germanic word)]in|stall|ment2 «ihn STL muhnt», noun.1. the action of installing: »the installment of electric lights in a house.
2. the fact of being installed: »our installment in our new home.
╂[< install + -ment]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.