installment

¹in·stall·ment

noun \in-ˈstȯl-mənt\

Definition of INSTALLMENT

: installation 1

Variants of INSTALLMENT

in·stall·ment also in·stal·ment \in-ˈstȯl-mənt\

First Known Use of INSTALLMENT

1589

Rhymes with INSTALLMENT

enthrallment, forestallment

²installment

noun

Definition of INSTALLMENT

1

: one of the parts into which a debt is divided when payment is made at intervals

2

a : one of several parts (as of a publication) presented at intervals

b : one part of a serial story

— installment adjective

Variants of INSTALLMENT

installment also instalment

Origin of INSTALLMENT

alteration of earlier estallment payment by installment, from estall to arrange payments by installment, from Anglo-French estaler, from estal station, stall, division of a stage, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German stal place, stall

First Known Use: 1776

Other Economics Terms

actuary, compound interest, globalization, indemnity, portfolio, rentier, stagflation, usurer