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

instalment

/ɪnˈstɔːlm(ə)nt

(US installment)

noun

1A sum of money due as one of several equal payments for something, spread over an agreed period of time: the first instalment of a grant for housing the purchase price is paid in instalments...

In some industrial and construction loans the amount lent may be drawn down by the borrower in instalments within an agreed period.
Formerly, owners who sold their companies through asset sales and received the payment in installments had to pay taxes on an installment basis also.
The policies typically vest in 10 to 20 years, after which investors can withdraw the money in installments or leave it where it is.

Synonyms

part payment, partial payment;

instalment plan, instalment-payment plan, deferred payment;

British hire purchase, HP;

North American instalment buying

British informal the never-never

2Any of several parts of something which are published, broadcast, or made public in sequence at intervals: filming the final instalment in his Vietnam trilogy...

Written anonymously, it was published in instalments on the internet and soon became an underground sensation in mainland China's gay community.
The series A Sense of Place will be launched during this special programme and the first instalment will be broadcast from 10.15 to 10.45 am.
We gaze obediently like cattle at the television screen perched above, broadcasting the latest installment of a Spanish soap opera.

Synonyms

part, portion, section, segment, division, bit;

chapter, episode, volume, issue

3 [mass noun] The process of installing something; installation: instalment will begin early next year...

Its instalment has increased the systems capacity to 8,000 of a population.

Origin

Mid 18th century (denoting the arrangement of payment by instalments): alteration of obsolete estalment (probably by association with installation), from Anglo-Norman French estalement, from Old French estaler 'to fix'.

单词	instalment
释义	instalment /ɪnˈstɔːlm(ə)nt / (US installment) noun 1A sum of money due as one of several equal payments for something, spread over an agreed period of time: the first instalment of a grant for housing the purchase price is paid in instalments... In some industrial and construction loans the amount lent may be drawn down by the borrower in instalments within an agreed period. Formerly, owners who sold their companies through asset sales and received the payment in installments had to pay taxes on an installment basis also. The policies typically vest in 10 to 20 years, after which investors can withdraw the money in installments or leave it where it is. Synonyms part payment, partial payment; instalment plan, instalment-payment plan, deferred payment; British hire purchase, HP; North American instalment buying British informal the never-never 2Any of several parts of something which are published, broadcast, or made public in sequence at intervals: filming the final instalment in his Vietnam trilogy... Written anonymously, it was published in instalments on the internet and soon became an underground sensation in mainland China's gay community. The series A Sense of Place will be launched during this special programme and the first instalment will be broadcast from 10.15 to 10.45 am. We gaze obediently like cattle at the television screen perched above, broadcasting the latest installment of a Spanish soap opera. Synonyms part, portion, section, segment, division, bit; chapter, episode, volume, issue 3 [mass noun] The process of installing something; installation: instalment will begin early next year... Its instalment has increased the systems capacity to 8,000 of a population. Origin Mid 18th century (denoting the arrangement of payment by instalments): alteration of obsolete estalment (probably by association with installation), from Anglo-Norman French estalement, from Old French estaler 'to fix'.
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