installments
Scheduled partial payments
Installments are parts of something delivered or paid over time rather than all at once.
A novel published in weekly installments appears chapter by chapter.
Paying in installments spreads a purchase across multiple payments: We bought the furniture on an installment plan.
The British spelling is instalments.
episodes
Distinct parts of a series
volumes · segments · sequel · trilogy · saga · franchise · seasons · arcs · continuation · cliffhanger
loan
Borrowed money repaid later
- mortgageSecured home loan
- amortizationGradual debt reduction schedule
- principalChief school administrator
interest · credit · debt · financing · repayment · borrowing · lender · borrower · layaway · balance
- Tax Procedurestax audits, tax filing, tax returns, tax disputes, tax collection
- expensesexpenses, expense, expenditure, cost, costs
- paymentspayment, monthly payment, cash payment, payment date, credit cards
- compilationsanthology, compilation, anthologies, collection, collected stories
- Consumer Financecredit, credit cards, credit score, credit scores, credit reports
- consumerismconsumerism, consumers, consumer, shopping, buying
installmentslump sum
Entire amount at once
full payment · one-time payment · single payment · upfront payment · prepayment
installmentssingle release
Individual song publication
whole · entirety · omnibus edition · box set · collected works
- installment planPeriodic payment arrangement
- monthly installments
- installment paymentsPartial sums paid periodically
- third installment
- installment loanDebt repaid in portions
- installment buyingPaying for goods incrementally