installment credit

Pay over time

Installment credit is a loan repaid through regular scheduled payments over a fixed period.

Unlike revolving credit, the amount borrowed and repayment timeline are set at the outset: car loans, mortgages, student loans.

Each installment typically includes both principal and interest.

We financed the furniture through installment credit.

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payment timing/structure

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Full amount given once

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Transaction using physical currency

prepayment · layaway · saving up · revolving credit

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Payment at receipt

cash basis · prepayment · savings

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