Found 2 items, similar to installment.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: installment installment n 1: a payment of part of a debt; usually paid at regular intervals 2: a part of a broadcast serial [syn: episode, instalment] 3: a part of a published serial [syn: instalment] 4: the act of installing something (as equipment); “the telephone installation took only a few minutes” [syn: installation, installing, instalment]
English → English (gcide) Definition: installment 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]