(especially BrE) (AmE usually installment) noun
1 one of a number of payments that are made regularly over a period of time until sth has been paid for:
We paid for the car by / in instalments. * The final instalment on the loan is due next week. * The loan can be repaid in 24 monthly instalments. * They were unable to keep up (= continue to pay regularly) the instalments.
2 one of the parts of a story that appears regularly over a period of time in a newspaper, on television, etc.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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