as in trust
US
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
Installment terms Your installment plan can range from as short as three months up to 12 months.
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Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 1 Dec. 2025
Posterity on the installment plan.
—Thomas Beller, Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025
Select members were recruited as handlers for Daedone’s wealthy boyfriend, whose massive loans to the company were apparently repaid on an installment plan of blow jobs.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Fifty-five percent of phone shoppers in the United States — including those who purchase flip phones and basic mobile phones — buy their device through an installment plan, according to Consumer Intelligence Research Partners.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
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Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 1 Dec. 2025
Posterity on the installment plan.
—Thomas Beller, Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025
Select members were recruited as handlers for Daedone’s wealthy boyfriend, whose massive loans to the company were apparently repaid on an installment plan of blow jobs.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Fifty-five percent of phone shoppers in the United States — including those who purchase flip phones and basic mobile phones — buy their device through an installment plan, according to Consumer Intelligence Research Partners.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for installment plan
Noun
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The project carries enormous significance for Japan and its nuclear power sector, which has struggled to rebuild public trust and restart reactors that were shuttered after the disaster.—
Yusuke Maekawa,
Bloomberg,
8 Mar. 2026
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In fact even the most high performing need to focus on how to build trust based on facts, data and accountability.—
Stanley S. Litow,
New York Daily News,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The cap-and-invest program is designed to generate revenue by auctioning emission allowances to businesses and to use that revenue to provide benefits for ratepayers through bill credits or rebates.—
Chaewon Chung
March 9,
Sacbee.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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Well, Texas is good on offense and little else, and to his credit Miller isn't hiding behind platitudes about where this thing can go one day or what must happen over these next few weeks.—
Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Installment plan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/installment%20plan. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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