installment
IPA: ɪnstˈɔɫmʌnt
noun
- 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.
- (banking, finance) One member of a series of portions of a debt or sum of money, which portions may or may not be equated (depending in part on whether the interest rate is fixed or variable), payment of which portions are serially exacted at regularly scheduled intervals toward satisfaction of the total. Payments of installments are generally mensual, quarterly, triannual, biannual, or annual.
- (publishing, media) A part of a published or broadcast serial.
- The act of installing; installation.
- (obsolete) The seat in which one is placed.
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Examples of "installment" in Sentences
- Â If you play the uke, this installment is a perfect combo of singing and learning.
- The problem with waiting months for a new installment is readers may forget the issue is out and still being printed.
- By publishing the new series free and online, I can not only reach a much wider audience†I get to enjoy the ride with Chickenhare fans as each new installment is posted. â€
- Many people (including me) make larger purchases on the apartado system, which involves a down payment, periodic installments, and collecting the item when the last installment is paid.
- This weekly Robin installment is a follow-on to the preceding essays about the Boy Wonder as comic relief, and DC's collective effort to develop established aspects of superhero characters into meaningful personality traits.
- My last weekly Robin installment acknowledged fan complaints that it doesn't make practical sense for Bruce Wayne to keep recruiting teenagers to fight crime alongside him, especially when they have a tendency to be taken hostage.
- The basis of this weekly Robin installment is Baldeon's full-page image (click on thumbnail to the right) of the current Robin (Tim Drake) and the original Robin, now Nightwing (Dick Grayson), about to confront each other over ... well, some pool of immortality thing -- I wasn't really following.
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