Word forms: plural instalmentsregional note: in AM, use installment
1. countable noun
If you pay for something in instalments, you pay small sums of money at regular intervals over a period of time, rather than paying the whole amount at once.
The first instalment of £1 per share is payable on application. [+ of]
...the first month's interest instalment on the loan.
Synonyms: payment, repayment, part payment More Synonyms of instalment
2. countable noun
An instalment of a story or plan is one of its parts that are published or carried out separately one after the other.
...the disappointing third instalment of the Highlander series. [+ of]
More Synonyms of instalment
instalment in British English
or US installment (ɪnˈstɔːlmənt)
noun
1.
one of the portions, usually equal, into which a debt is divided for payment at specified intervals over a fixed period
2.
a portion of something that is issued, broadcast, or published in parts, such as a serial in a magazine
3. a variant of installation (sense 1)
Word origin
C18: from obsolete estallment, probably from Old French estaler to fix, hence to agree rate of payment, from estal something fixed, place, from Old High German stalstall1
instalment in American English
(ɪnˈstɔlmənt)
noun
1.
installment1
2.
installment2
Examples of 'instalment' in a sentence
instalment
He promised to give the rest in instalments in the months ahead.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
How lucky that the phone company said she could pay in instalments.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They repay the loans in monthly instalments and we make a tidy profit.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The payment is payable in two equal instalments this year and next.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They also called it misleading for implying rivals did not allow payment in instalments.
The Sun (2013)
Those who have been tracked down are paying back the money in instalments.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Would the final instalment be any clearer?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Here is the first instalment of their remortgage diaries.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Failure to pay instalments would therefore lead to the goods being taken back by the seller.
Chambers, Ian Business Studies Basic Facts (1990)
He was allowed to pay back the money in regular instalments.
The Sun (2008)
The final instalment of her relationship drama is full of rows and emotional crises.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Employees can then buy the bikes cheaply while employers recover the money in instalments from their pay.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Broadcasting a series one instalment at a time builds a better social media following, he added.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
We agreed that she would repay the loan in monthly instalments, but soon the repayments stopped.
The Sun (2014)
It apologised, and agreed to accept payment in two instalments.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The first instalment had been on at 8pm.
The Sun (2008)
We have payment plans, clients can pay by instalments.
The Sun (2014)
The interest meter runs from the point of payment of the loan 's first instalment.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It has also suggested that you contact its payment helpline, which will allow you to pay the debt in instalments.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The price of each vessel was payable in five equal instalments at specified points of time, the final instalment payable on delivery.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Having said this, they do offer payment by instalment and there may be financial awards available through them towards the cost of the course.
Ingham, Christine Life Without Work (1994)
You are unlikely to get much reward for the remaining 30 months' instalments you would pay.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The sadness is that there is only one more instalment, in Bangalore.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Visitors to the festival's Glasgow instalment next month have another chance to see what he means.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
In other languages
instalment
British English: instalment /ɪnˈstɔːlmənt/ NOUN
If you pay for something in instalments, you pay small sums of money at regular intervals over a period of time.
The final instalment of the debt will be repaid next year.
American English: installment
Arabic: دُفْعَةٌ
Brazilian Portuguese: prestação
Chinese: 分期付款
Croatian: rata
Czech: splátka
Danish: afdrag
Dutch: afbetalingstermijn
European Spanish: plazo
Finnish: maksuerä
French: versement partiel
German: Rate
Greek: δόση πληρωμή
Italian: rata
Japanese: 分割払い
Korean: 할부금
Norwegian: avdrag
Polish: rata
European Portuguese: prestação
Romanian: rată
Russian: взнос
Latin American Spanish: plazo
Swedish: avbetalning
Thai: เงินที่จ่ายเป็นงวด
Turkish: taksit
Ukrainian: внесок
Vietnamese: phần trả góp
Chinese translation of 'instalment'
instalment
or (US) installment
(ɪnˈstɔːlmənt)
n(c)
(= payment) 分期付款 (fēnqī fùkuǎn) (期, qī)
[of story, TV serial]连(連)载(載)的一部分 (liánzǎi de yī bùfen) (个(個), gè)
in instalments[pay, receive]分期付款 (fēnqī fùkuǎn)
1 (noun)
Definition
a portion of something that is issued, broadcast, or published in parts
The first instalment is payable on application.
Synonyms
payment
an initial deposit, followed by twelve monthly payments
repayment
part payment
2 (noun)
Definition
one of the portions into which a debt is divided for payment at regular intervals
The next instalment deals with the social impact of the war.
Synonyms
part
He works in a different part of the company.
section
a geological section of a rock
chapter
I took the title of this chapter from one of my favorite songs.
episode
The final episode will be shown next Saturday.
portion
I have spent a large portion of my life here.
division
Each was divided into several divisions.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of chapter
Definition
a division of a book
I took the title of this chapter from one of my favorite songs.
Synonyms
section,
part,
stage,
division,
episode,
topic,
segment,
instalment
in the sense of division
Definition
one of the parts into which something is divided
Each was divided into several divisions.
Synonyms
part,
bit,
piece,
section,
sector,
class,
category,
segment,
portion,
fraction,
compartment
in the sense of episode
Definition
any of the sections into which a novel or a television or radio serial is divided