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# instalment

noun (an instalment, instalments; US installment)

«instalment» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An instalment is one of several parts of a payment, paid at different times. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/instalment/#m1)
2. An instalment is one part of a story or series that comes out bit by bit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/instalment/#m2)

### In the lessons

Money and adult life (pay for a car in instalments), maths problems (equal instalments), books, TV and comics (the next instalment).

### Examples

- They paid for the sofa in ten instalments. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/instalment/#x1)
- The next instalment of the comic comes out on Friday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/instalment/#x2)
- Each instalment is fifty dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/instalment/#x3)
- The book was first printed in weekly instalments. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/instalment/#x4)
- We are watching the final instalment tonight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/instalment/#x5)
- Grandad paid off the loan in monthly instalments. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/instalment/#x6)
- With the present instalment the tale of English Fairy Stories that are likely to obtain currency among the young folk is complete. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/instalment/#x7)

### Note

UK: instalment; US: installment (double l). In maths: total cost = number of instalments × amount of each instalment.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «instalment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/instalment/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«instalment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/instalment.html) on Mova free.