as in trust
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a way of paying for something by making a series of small payments over a long time
We used an installment plan to buy the furniture.
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Recent Examples of installment plan
Shoppers can now use Klarna’s Pay in 4 installment plan or financing for larger purchases on eBay.
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Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Limit Use Of Buy-Now-Pay-Later Services BNPL services offer installment plans for online purchases, often with no interest if paid on time.
—True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Taxpayers often have opportunities to negotiate repayment arrangements or installment plans to avoid immediate refund loss.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
The end of the world is usually dramatized as convulsive and feverish, but population loss is an apocalypse on an installment plan.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Limit Use Of Buy-Now-Pay-Later Services BNPL services offer installment plans for online purchases, often with no interest if paid on time.
—True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Taxpayers often have opportunities to negotiate repayment arrangements or installment plans to avoid immediate refund loss.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
The end of the world is usually dramatized as convulsive and feverish, but population loss is an apocalypse on an installment plan.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for installment plan
Recent Examples of Synonyms for installment plan
Noun
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Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
15 Aug. 2025
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Despite becoming a first-time bar owner just a year after being able to legally drink, Bonanno has not been deterred by having little experience or facing a lack of trust from much older colleagues.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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His directing career began at RSA Films in London and his 2nd Unit directing credits include 26 episodes of Netflix Original / Canal+ TV drama series Borgia and HBO/Cinemax/RTL/M6’s Transporter: The Series.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
7 Aug. 2025
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These prices change regularly, and Samsung is offering to hold that store credit for five years.—
Janhoi McGregor,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Installment plan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/installment%20plan. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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