Instalment – Installment

2011 November 4
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in·stall·ment 1 also in·stal·ment  (n-stôlmnt)

n.

1. One of a number of successive payments in settlement of a debt. Problems with making your credit card payments? Get Debt Relief.

             2.

                   a. A portion of something, such as a publication, issued at intervals.

                   b. A chapter or part of a literary work presented serially.

[Alteration of obsolete estallment, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French estaler, to place, fix, from estal, place, of Germanic origin; see stel- in Indo-European roots.]

Q: What’s the difference between Instalment and Installment?
A: Nothing. Instalment is original English spelling and Installment is United States spelling.

instalment1 US, installment[ɪnˈstɔːlmənt]

n

1. (Business / Commerce) one of the portions, usually equal, into which a debt is divided for payment at specified intervals over a fixed period. Looking for Certificate Of Deposit. Maybe something with high interest savings account, like Money Market Accounts?

2.a portion of something that is issued, broadcast, or published in parts, such as a serial in a magazine

[from obsolete estallment, probably from Old French estaler to fix, hence to agree rate of payment, from estal something fixed, place, from Old High German stal stall1]

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