installment

[ US /ˌɪnˈstɔɫmənt/ ]
[ UK /ɪnstˈɔːlmənt/ ]

NOUN

a part of a broadcast serial
a part of a published serial
the act of installing something (as equipment)
the telephone installation took only a few minutes
a payment of part of a debt; usually paid at regular intervals

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Fortunately, after some disagreement I was allowed (most graciously!) to pay off the amount in installments over the next 12 months.
The municipal officer demands a bribe from a hawker; the bureaucrat refuses to register a land title or a marriage; the traffic cop beats the rickshaw-driver who can't afford to pay his weekly installment, known as hafta. India's Middle Class Hungers for Undemocratic Change
Fortunately, after some disagreement I was allowed (most graciously!) to pay off the amount in installments over the next 12 months.
On Thursday, Dischord Records, the label founded by MacKaye in 1980, launched the Fugazi Live Series: an online archive of 800-plus live recordings from the band's collection, to be released in installments. News
Offering only one loan, usually an installment loan, is part of the plan.
As we reported earlier today, Jessica Alba is set to join the third installment of the Meet the Parents series. Jessica Alba 'Meets the Fockers': Le sigh | EW.com
The basis of this weekly Robin installment is Baldeon's full-page image (click on thumbnail to the right) of the current Robin (Tim Drake) and the original Robin, now Nightwing (Dick Grayson), about to confront each other over ... well, some pool of immortality thing -- I wasn't really following. Archive 2008-04-01
Here he produced a decanter of curiously light wine, and a block of curiously heavy cake, and administered installments of those dainties to the young people: at the same time, sending out a meagre servant to offer a glass of something to the postboy, who answered that he thanked the gentleman, but if it was the same tap as he had tasted before, he had rather not. A Christmas Carol
This weekly Robin installment is a follow-on to the preceding essays about the Boy Wonder as comic relief, and DC's collective effort to develop established aspects of superhero characters into meaningful personality traits. Archive 2009-07-01
The policies typically vest in 10 to 20 years, after which investors can withdraw the money in installments or leave it where it is.

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