英语词汇“instalment plan”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. Each of several parts into which a sum payable is divided, in order to be paid at different fixed times; a part of a sum due paid in advance of the remainder. attributive (frequently in recent use), as instalment credit, instalment plan, instalment system, etc.

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pay-as-you-go1840

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pay-as-you-use1929

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. ii. ii. 380 A great part of the proprietors, when they paid in their first installment, opened a cash account with the bank.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 263 Interest on installments of Foreign debt.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 380 A loan to be taken up by gradual instalments.

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) In large contracts..it is not unusual to agree that the money shall be paid by installments.

1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons I. ii. iii. 75 Your father takes, we say, fifty shares at £50 each, paying only an instalment of £2 a share.

1871 Baroness Bunsen in A. J. C. Hare Life & Lett. Baroness Bunsen (1879) II. vii. 418 Königsberg has just paid in the last instalment of the debt she was obliged to incur.

1876 Los Angeles Daily Herald 4 Oct. 3/6 Lots for Sale on the Installment Plan.

1887 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 18 Jan. 3/7 Installment men and agents generally will find just what they need by addressing Installment Dealers' Supply Co.

1894 14th Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 94 They..sell the horse on the installment plan, getting enough down to pay all the horse is worth, and holding notes for the rest.

1898 R. Kipling Day's Work 175 ‘It's the Governor,’ said the skipper. ‘He's been selling her on the instalment plan.’

1899 A. H. Sayce Early Israel vii. 260 The ordinary rate of interest was 20 per cent., paid in monthly instalments.

1904 ‘Saki’ Reginald 52 They're getting there on the instalment system—so much down, and the rest when you feel like it.

1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny iii. 47 When they get money they exhibit a strong tendency to spend it..instead of giving it to the instalment man.

1923 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean xi. 187 ‘This is still a valuable ship,’ explained Torrance, ‘even if she is floating around the high seas on the installment plan.’

1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 112 To pay by the instalment system.

1927 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 24 Dec. 28/2 Upon that premise..is based the vast present-day development of installment selling.

1935 Economist 3 Aug. 234/2 The United States itself is the leader of a new, hard, materialistic civilisation..whose priests are the instalment-seller and the advertising expert.

1942 Short Guide Great Brit. (U.S. War Dept.) 31 Instalment plan, hire-purchase system, or hire system.

1948 Manch. Guardian Weekly 8 Jan. 4/1 The President says inflation can be beaten..by putting an end to instalment buying.

1952 Manch. Guardian Weekly 15 May 3/1 The Federal Reserve Board was a little tight-lipped in explaining its move..to suspend controls on hire purchase, or what is known here as instalment credit.

1955 Times 15 Aug. 11/5 The Federal Reserve..has expressed mild concern over the rapid rise of consumer instalment (hire purchase) debt.

1965 M. Spark Mandelbaum Gate iv. 104 On his discharge he bought a car on the instalment plan.

1967 N.Y. Times (Internat. ed.) 11 Feb. 3/3 The measures include..more severe installment purchase restraints and reduction in travel allowances.

1972 Accountant 17 Aug. 206/2 Instalment credit..group services and group funding, are the subject of special reviews.

1973 N.Y. Suppl. Ser. 2 340 327 The assumption of installment payments by appellant did not serve to release decedent except to the extent that payments were due.

单词	instalment plan
释义	> as lemmas instalment plan a. Each of several parts into which a sum payable is divided, in order to be paid at different fixed times; a part of a sum due paid in advance of the remainder. attributive (frequently in recent use), as instalment credit, instalment plan, instalment system, etc. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > [adjective] > specific systems of payment stalled1553 pay-as-you-go1840 instalment1876 pay-as-you-use1929 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. ii. ii. 380 A great part of the proprietors, when they paid in their first installment, opened a cash account with the bank. View more context for this quotation 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 263 Interest on installments of Foreign debt. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 380 A loan to be taken up by gradual instalments. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) In large contracts..it is not unusual to agree that the money shall be paid by installments. 1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons I. ii. iii. 75 Your father takes, we say, fifty shares at £50 each, paying only an instalment of £2 a share. 1871 Baroness Bunsen in A. J. C. Hare Life & Lett. Baroness Bunsen (1879) II. vii. 418 Königsberg has just paid in the last instalment of the debt she was obliged to incur. 1876 Los Angeles Daily Herald 4 Oct. 3/6 Lots for Sale on the Installment Plan. 1887 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 18 Jan. 3/7 Installment men and agents generally will find just what they need by addressing Installment Dealers' Supply Co. 1894 14th Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 94 They..sell the horse on the installment plan, getting enough down to pay all the horse is worth, and holding notes for the rest. 1898 R. Kipling Day's Work 175 ‘It's the Governor,’ said the skipper. ‘He's been selling her on the instalment plan.’ 1899 A. H. Sayce Early Israel vii. 260 The ordinary rate of interest was 20 per cent., paid in monthly instalments. 1904 ‘Saki’ Reginald 52 They're getting there on the instalment system—so much down, and the rest when you feel like it. 1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny iii. 47 When they get money they exhibit a strong tendency to spend it..instead of giving it to the instalment man. 1923 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean xi. 187 ‘This is still a valuable ship,’ explained Torrance, ‘even if she is floating around the high seas on the installment plan.’ 1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 112 To pay by the instalment system. 1927 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 24 Dec. 28/2 Upon that premise..is based the vast present-day development of installment selling. 1935 Economist 3 Aug. 234/2 The United States itself is the leader of a new, hard, materialistic civilisation..whose priests are the instalment-seller and the advertising expert. 1942 Short Guide Great Brit. (U.S. War Dept.) 31 Instalment plan, hire-purchase system, or hire system. 1948 Manch. Guardian Weekly 8 Jan. 4/1 The President says inflation can be beaten..by putting an end to instalment buying. 1952 Manch. Guardian Weekly 15 May 3/1 The Federal Reserve Board was a little tight-lipped in explaining its move..to suspend controls on hire purchase, or what is known here as instalment credit. 1955 Times 15 Aug. 11/5 The Federal Reserve..has expressed mild concern over the rapid rise of consumer instalment (hire purchase) debt. 1965 M. Spark Mandelbaum Gate iv. 104 On his discharge he bought a car on the instalment plan. 1967 N.Y. Times (Internat. ed.) 11 Feb. 3/3 The measures include..more severe installment purchase restraints and reduction in travel allowances. 1972 Accountant 17 Aug. 206/2 Instalment credit..group services and group funding, are the subject of special reviews. 1973 N.Y. Suppl. Ser. 2 340 327 The assumption of installment payments by appellant did not serve to release decedent except to the extent that payments were due. extracted from instalmentn.² < as lemmas
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