instalment

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

1 BBTone of a series of regular payments that you make until you have paid all the money you owe 〔分期付款中的〕一期付款

the second instalment of a loan

一项贷款的第二期还款

They’re letting me pay for the washing machine by monthly instalments.

他们允许我以每月分期付款的方式买下这台洗衣机。

2 ALTCNone of the parts of a story that appears as a series of parts, especially in a magazine, newspaper etc 〔尤指报刊等上的连载故事的〕一期

the first instalment of a science fiction trilogy

科幻三部曲小说的第一部

Examples from the Corpus

instalment• Charge payers are therefore given at least two opportunities to pay their community charge instalment.• As opposed to writing: Dickens, of course, completed the last double instalment of Martin Chuzzlewit in the middle of June 1844.• You can pay me in instalments if you can't afford to give me all the money back in one go.• Tight-fisted Lloyds spotted she had slipped into the red when it came to pay her £41.62 mortgage instalment.• After a bottle of wine, Flora talked about her second divorce, continuing the next instalment of the afternoon serial.• However, the United States did agree to using the next instalment as security for an 800,000 peso loan.• Payment: The value of a regular instalment.• It is, however, necessary to hand over a receipt for the last rental instalment in respect of the assignment of leasehold property.• We are proud to present the second instalment of our fantastic six-part competition to win a Renault Clio.• Higher credit: The Finance Houses Association has warned that instalment credit will cost more following the rise in base rates.• Dickens wrote his novels in weekly instalments for a magazine.

From Longman Business Dictionary

instalmentin·stal·ment /ɪnˈstɔːlmənt-ˈstɒːl-/ British EnglishBrE, installment American EnglishAmE noun [countableC]FINANCE

one of a series of regular payments that are made until all of an agreed amount has been paid

Some customers prefer to pay by instalments.

This would be the first installment of the $645 million in aid pledged to the region.

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