installment

installment
noun /ɪnˈstɔːlmənt/
a) The act of installing; installation.

Take oaths from all kings and magistrates at their installment, to do impartial justice by law. Milton.

b) A portion of a debt, or sum of money, which is divided into portions that are made payable at different times. Payment by installment is payment by parts at different times, the amounts and times (often equal namely regular, e.g. mensual) being often definitely stipulated.

The several chairs of order, look, you scour; . . . Each fair installment, coat, and several crest With loyal blazon, evermore be blest. Shakespeare.


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