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installment

noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • ĭn-stôlʹmənt
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈstɔːl.mənt/
  • Australian, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard: /ɪnˈstoːl.mənt/
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  • /ɪnˈstɔl.mənt/ without the cot–caught merger
  • cot-caught-merger: /ɪnˈstɑl.mənt/
  • Scotland: /ɪnˈstɔl.mənt/
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N S T AO1 L M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

One of a series of parts, whether equal or unequal to the other parts of the series, of a given entity or a given process, which part presents or is presented at a particular scheduled interval.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any of a series of portions of a debt or sum of money, which portions may or may not be equal in amount (depending in part on whether the interest rate is fixed or variable), and payment of which takes place at regular intervals toward satisfaction of the total. Payments are generally mensual, quarterly, triannual, biannual, or annual.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Topics: banking, business, finance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A part of a published or broadcast serial.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Topics: media, publishing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The act of installing; installation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The seat in which one is placed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

the act of installing something (as equipment)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the telephone installation took only a few minutes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: installation, installing, instalment

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: beginning, start, commencement

7

noun

Meaning 7

a part of a published serial

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: instalment

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: text, textual matter

Narrower terms: fascicle, fascicule

8

noun

Meaning 8

a part of a broadcast serial

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: episode, instalment

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: broadcast, program, programme

Narrower terms: cliffhanger

9

noun

Meaning 9

a payment of part of a debt; usually paid at regular intervals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: payment

History

Etymology

A 1732 alteration of estallment, from Anglo-Norman estaler (“fix payments”), from Old French estal (“fixed position”), from Old High German stal (“stall", "standing place”) The sense of "part of a whole produced in advance of the rest" is from 1823.

From install + -ment, install from Old French installer, from Medieval Latin installare, from Medieval Latin in- and Medieval Latin stallum, stall from a Germanic source (compare Old High German stal).

Across languages

Translations

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: част (čast) — one of a series of parts of a given entity or process
  • Finnish: vaihe — one of a series of parts of a given entity or process
  • Arabic: قِسْط (qisṭ) — finance: portion of debt
  • Bulgarian: вноска (vnoska) — finance: portion of debt
  • Catalan: quota — finance: portion of debt
  • Czech: splátka — finance: portion of debt
  • Danish: afdrag — finance: portion of debt
  • Danish: afbetaling — finance: portion of debt
  • Dutch: afbetaling — finance: portion of debt
  • Dutch: schijf — finance: portion of debt
  • Esperanto: partopago — finance: portion of debt
  • Faroese: avgjald — finance: portion of debt
  • Finnish: erä — finance: portion of debt
  • Finnish: maksuerä — finance: portion of debt
  • Finnish: lyhennyserä — finance: portion of debt
  • Finnish: osamaksuerä — finance: portion of debt
  • French: au fur et à mesure — finance: portion of debt
  • German: Rate — finance: portion of debt
  • Hungarian: részlet — finance: portion of debt
  • Icelandic: afborgun — finance: portion of debt
  • Indonesian: cicilan — finance: portion of debt
  • Italian: rata — finance: portion of debt
  • Latin: pensiō — finance: portion of debt
  • Māori: utu harangotengote — finance: portion of debt
  • Marathi: हप्ता (haptā) — finance: portion of debt
  • Marathi: हफता (haphtā) — finance: portion of debt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: avdrag — finance: portion of debt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: avdrag — finance: portion of debt
  • Polish: rata — finance: portion of debt
  • Portuguese: parcela — finance: portion of debt
  • Portuguese: prestação — finance: portion of debt
  • Russian: взнос (vznos) — finance: portion of debt
  • Scottish Gaelic: earrann — finance: portion of debt
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuibhreann — finance: portion of debt
  • Serbo-Croatian: рата — finance: portion of debt
  • Slovak: splátka — finance: portion of debt
  • Spanish: cuota — finance: portion of debt
  • Spanish: plazo — finance: portion of debt
  • Spanish: instalamento — finance: portion of debt
  • Swedish: avbetalning — finance: portion of debt
  • Swedish: amortering — finance: portion of debt
  • Tagalog: hulog — finance: portion of debt
  • Tamil: தவணை (tavaṇai) — finance: portion of debt
  • Telugu: వాయిదా (vāyidā) — finance: portion of debt
  • Telugu: విడత (viḍata) — finance: portion of debt
  • Turkish: taksit — finance: portion of debt
  • Ottoman Turkish: قسط (kıst) — finance: portion of debt
  • Ukrainian: розстро́чка (rozstróčka) — finance: portion of debt
  • Urdu: قِسْط (qist̤) — finance: portion of debt
  • Bulgarian: епизод (epizod) — media: part of a serial
  • Bulgarian: серия (serija) — media: part of a serial
  • Catalan: episodi — media: part of a serial
  • Dutch: aflevering — media: part of a serial
  • Finnish: jakso — media: part of a serial
  • Finnish: osa — media: part of a serial
  • French: épisode — media: part of a serial
  • French: volet — media: part of a serial
  • Galician: episodio — media: part of a serial
  • German: Folge — media: part of a serial
  • Italian: episodio — media: part of a serial
  • Portuguese: episódio — media: part of a serial
  • Russian: часть (častʹ) — media: part of a serial
  • Russian: вы́пуск (výpusk) — media: part of a serial
  • Serbo-Croatian: наставак — media: part of a serial
  • Serbo-Croatian: епизода — media: part of a serial
  • Serbo-Croatian: nastavak — media: part of a serial
  • Serbo-Croatian: epizoda — media: part of a serial
  • Spanish: fascículo — media: part of a serial
  • Swedish: avsnitt — media: part of a serial
  • Swedish: del — media: part of a serial
  • Urdu: قِسْط (qist̤) — media: part of a serial
  • Bulgarian: инсталиране (instalirane) — act of installing; installation
  • Czech: dosazení — act of installing; installation
  • Dutch: installatie — act of installing; installation
  • Finnish: asennus — act of installing; installation
  • French: installation — act of installing; installation
  • Greek: εγκατάσταση (egkatástasi) — act of installing; installation
  • Māori: whakanohoanga — act of installing; installation
  • Portuguese: instalação — act of installing; installation
  • Spanish: instalación — act of installing; installation
  • Spanish: instalamiento — act of installing; installation
  • Bulgarian: място (mjasto) — obsolete: seat in which one is placed
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