instalment
[noun]
Synonyms: portion, chapter, division, episode, part, repayment, section

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English Thesaurus: payment, instalment, deposit, subscription, tip, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

in‧stal‧ment (also installment American English) /ɪnˈstɔːlmənt $ ɪnˈstɒːl-/ noun [countable]

1. one of a series of regular payments that you make until you have paid all the money you owe:
the second instalment of a loan
They’re letting me pay for the washing machine by monthly instalments.

2. one of the parts of a story that appears as a series of parts, especially in a magazine, newspaper etc:
the first instalment of a science fiction trilogy

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

instalment
noun
I. 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.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

instalment
II. 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

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

payment an amount of money that you pay for something, especially when it is only one part of the total amount you have to pay:
They have a monthly car payment of £220.
instalment British English, installment American English a regular payment you make to pay back money that you have borrowed or to pay for things that you have already received:
I borrowed $2,000, which was to be paid back in monthly installments of $250.
deposit (also down payment) part of the cost of something that you pay before you get it, so that it will not be sold to anyone else:
They used the money they inherited as a down payment on a house.
The hotel asks for a $20 deposit to reserve a room.
subscription an amount of money you pay, usually once a year, to receive copies of a newspaper or magazine:
A subscription to the magazine is $52 a year.
tip a small amount of money that you give someone, for example a waitress or taxi driver, in addition to paying for a service they have given you:
I usually leave a 10% tip.
premium the amount you pay for insurance each year:
your monthly life insurance premiums

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲