Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of installing or giving possession of an office with the usual ceremonies or solemnities; installation.
- noun The seat in which one is installed.
- noun A partial payment on account of a debt due; one of several parts into which a debt is divided for payment at different times: as, to pay for a purchase by or in instalments; to sell goods on instalments (that is, on condition of taking pay by instalments, sometimes with a stipulation that in default of payment of an instalment the seller may retake the goods and keep by way of forfeiture what has been paid).
- noun A part of anything produced or furnished in advance of the remainder; one of a number of parts produced at different times: as, to publish a novel or to deliver stores in or by instalments.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
installment . - noun UK, Canada Standard spelling for all senses.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a part of a published serial
- noun a part of a broadcast serial
- noun the act of installing something (as equipment)
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Examples
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This year's instalment is all about the Costellos, who appear to be characters that the show's producer, Paul Marquess, had left over from Footballers 'Wives, but at least the fabulous Jordan wannabe Mitzeee is getting some proper screentime.
The post-watershed wonder of Hollyoaks Later is worth celebrating Dan Martin 2010
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The latest instalment is in today's Daily Mail - thanks to Paul Walter for the link.
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This enormous island, first discovered in 1607 by Luis de Torres, and inhabited only by the very lowest race of savages, appeared to the Government of George III. a convenient spot for forming a penal settlement; and in 1787 the first convict ships carried out an instalment from the English jails to New
Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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There were several ways in which advertisements during the 1920s tried to sell the idea of instalment buying to the American public.
The Advertising of Installment Plans During the 1920s The Advertising of Installment Plans 1995
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The basic wickedness of this Act is that it unashamedly robs people without compensation by the State of their property, often acquired at much sacrifice of hard-earned savings or by instalment, which is, in fact, a form of mortgaging one's future for that property.
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The basic wickedness of this Act is that it unashamedly robs people without compensation by the State of their property, often acquired at much sacrifice of hard-earned savings or by instalment, which is, in fact, a form of mortgaging one's future for that property.
Presidential Address by Chief A J Lutuli 42nd Annual Conference of the African National Congress 1953
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The instalment was a very small one, but it was at once discounted by the gombeen man, whose rate of interest enabled him to run extraordinary risks.
Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. Bernard H. Becker
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My Kitchen Rules was a surprise hit for Seven last year and the network has similarly grand hopes for the second instalment, which is one of two big cooking shows slated for ratings glory.
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Such "improvements" will thankfully come too late for The Killing II as well as the third instalment, which is currently filming in Copenhagen for transmission next autumn.
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Cast member Michael Emerson has already confirmed that the 15th episode will feature none of the series regulars, while Nestor Carbonell claimed that the instalment is a "huge reveal".
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