installment

n.	1.	The act of installing; installation. Take oaths from all kings and magistrates at their installment, to do impartial justice by law. - Milton.
	2.	The seat in which one is placed. The several chairs of order, look, you scour; . . . Each fair installment, coat, and several crest With loyal blazon, evermore be blest. - Shak.
	3.	A portion of a debt, or sum of money, which is divided into portions that are made payable at different times; that portion of a debt payed back in any one payment; as, the next installment is due January first. Payment by installment is payment by parts at different times, the amounts and times being often definitely stipulated.
	4.	a part of a broadcast serial.
	5.	a part of a published serial.

Noun	1.	installment - a payment of part of a debt; usually paid at regular intervals
	2.	installment - a part of a broadcast serial Synonyms: instalment, episode
	3.	installment - a part of a published serial Synonyms: instalment
	4.	installment - the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes" Synonyms: installation, installing, instalment

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