installment
One scheduled payment
An installment is one part of something delivered or paid in portions over time.
A novel published in installments appears chapter by chapter.
We're paying for the car in monthly installments.
An installment can also be one episode in a series: the latest installment of the franchise.
Also spelled instalment in British English.
Serialized content unit
- chapterDivision of a book
- partPiece of whole
- segmentDistinct part of whole
- seriesOrdered set of related items
sequel · continuation · saga · arc · storyline · narrative · cliffhanger · finale
Fulfilling a financial obligation
- down paymentInitial sum toward purchase
- monthly paymentRecurring scheduled remittance
- repaymentGiving back what's owed
- amortizationGradual debt reduction schedule
principal · interest · balance · due · bill · invoice · fee · premium
episode
Serialized content unit
series · sequel · continuation · saga · arc · storyline · narrative · cliffhanger · finale · premiere
payment
Fulfilling a financial obligation
- down paymentInitial sum toward purchase
- monthly paymentRecurring scheduled remittance
- repaymentGiving back what's owed
amortization · principal · interest · balance · due · bill · invoice · fee · premium · deposit
part
Piece of whole
piece · division · component · unit · subdivision · phase · stage · chunk · module · fraction
- debtdebt, creditor, owe, debtor, lender
- expensesexpenses, expense, expenditure, cost, costs
- paymentspayment, monthly payment, cash payment, payment date, credit cards
- billselectric bill, bill, phone bill, bills, gas bill
- book seriestrilogy, duology, tetralogy, pentalogy, saga
- franchisesfranchise, Star Wars, franchising, franchises, franchisor
installmentlump sum
Entire amount at once
full payment · one-time payment · single payment · whole · upfront payment
installmentstandalone
Complete without attachments
whole · one-shot · omnibus · complete edition · collected edition
installmentremoval
Act of taking away
uninstallation · extraction · dismantling · takedown · discharge
- installment planPeriodic payment arrangement
- monthly installments
- installment paymentsPartial sums paid periodically
- third installment
- installment loanDebt repaid in portions
- installment buyingPaying for goods incrementally