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installment plan

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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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“Installment plan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/installment%20plan. Accessed 27 Nov. 2022.

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