installment

C2+ Topic:Numbers & Quantity

Also spelled instalment

US /ɪnˈstɔlmənt/ UK /ɪnˈstɔːlmənt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
one of several successive payments or parts of a whole

She paid for the sofa in monthly installments.

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Synonyms

1 noun · one of several successive... payment portion part episode segmenttranche

Opposites

lump sum

Word family

Related forms install stall installation

Etymology

Alteration of earlier 'estallment' (an arrangement for payment by fixed dates), from Anglo-French estaler ('to fix, place at intervals'), from estal ('position, stall'), of Germanic origin; later reshaped by influence of 'install'.

estal Old French *stallaz Proto-Germanic

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Numbers & Quantity Word Formation & Derivatives

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# installment

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˈstɔlmənt/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈstɔːlmənt/

## Meanings
1. one of several successive payments or parts of a whole

## Examples
- She paid for the sofa in monthly installments.

## Synonyms
- payment
- portion
- part
- episode
- segment
- tranche

## Antonyms
- lump sum

## Related Forms
- install
- stall
- installation

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: estal
- Root: *stallaz

## Etymology
Alteration of earlier 'estallment' (an arrangement for payment by fixed dates), from Anglo-French estaler ('to fix, place at intervals'), from estal ('position, stall'), of Germanic origin; later reshaped by influence of 'install'.

## AI Etymology
Installment has the etymology: Alteration of earlier 'estallment' (an arrangement for payment by fixed dates), from Anglo-French estaler ('to fix, place at intervals'), from estal ('position, stall'), of Germanic origin; later reshaped by influence of 'install'. The etymological trail includes Old French estal and Proto-Germanic *stallaz. As a noun, installment means one of several successive payments or parts of a whole. The same family is visible in related forms such as install, stall, and installation.

## Topics
- Numbers & Quantity
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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