instalment noun
1 regular payment
ADJ. fixed | equal a loan repaid in equal annual instalments | first, initial | second, third, etc. | final, last | next | annual, monthly, weekly, quarterly
VERB + INSTALMENT pay (off), pay (sth) by/in, pay sth off in She sold the car before she had paid the instalments. The tenants agreed to pay off the arrears in instalments. | repay (sth) by/in
INSTALMENT + VERB be/become due, be payable by/in The next instalment is not due until July.
INSTALMENT + NOUN payment | plan, terms We offer an instalment plan.
PREP. by ~ The amounts are repayable by instalment. | in ~ Repayment is in ten instalments.
2 part of a story
ADJ. first, second, etc. | final, last | daily, weekly | next
VERB + INSTALMENT publish (sth in) The ‘Screwtape Letters’ were published in instalments from May to November 1941.
PREP. ~ in the final instalment in the trilogy
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