instalment
noun/ɪnˈstɔːlmənt/
/ɪnˈstɔːlmənt/
(especially British English) (North American English usually installment)
- one of a number of payments that are made regularly over a period of time until something has been paid for
- by/in instalments We paid for the car by/in instalments.
- The final instalment on the loan is due next week.
- The loan can be repaid in 24 monthly instalments.
- They were unable to keep up (= continue to pay regularly) the instalments.
Synonyms paymentpaymentpremium ▪ contribution ▪ subscription ▪ repayment ▪ deposit ▪ instalmentThese are all words for an amount of money that you pay or are expected to pay, or for the act of paying.payment an amount of money that you pay or are expected to pay; the act of paying:- ten monthly payments of $50
- payment in advance
- an insurance premium
- a premium for express delivery
- You can increase your monthly contributions to the pension plan.
- a subscription to Netflix
- the repayments on the loan
- We've put down a 5 per cent deposit on the house.
- We paid for the car by/in instalments.
- (a/an) annual/monthly/regular payment/premium/contributions/subscription/repayment/deposit/instalment
- payment/repayment in full
- to pay a(n) premium/contribution/subscription/deposit/instalment
- to make a payment/repayment/deposit
- to meet/keep up (with) (the) payment(s)/the premiums/(the) repayment(s)/the instalments
Collocations FinanceFinanceIncome- earn money/cash/(informal) a fortune/the minimum wage/a living wage
- make money/a fortune/(informal) a killing on the stock market
- acquire/inherit/amass wealth/a fortune
- build up funds/savings
- get/receive/leave (somebody) an inheritance/a legacy
- live on a low wage/a fixed income/a pension
- get/receive/draw/collect a pension
- depend/be dependent on (British English) benefits/(North American English) welfare/social security
- spend money/your savings/(informal) a fortune on…
- invest/put your savings in…
- throw away/waste/ (informal) shell out money on…
- lose your money/inheritance/pension
- use up/ (informal) wipe out all your savings
- pay (in) cash
- use/pay by a credit/debit/contactless card
- pay by/make out a/write somebody a/accept a (British English) cheque/(US English) check
- change/exchange money/currency
- give/pay/leave (somebody) a deposit
- have/hold/open/close/freeze a bank account/an account
- credit/debit/pay something into/take money out of your account
- deposit money/funds in your account
- withdraw money/cash/£30 from an ATM, etc.
- (formal) make a deposit/withdrawal
- find/go to/use (especially North American English) an ATM/(British English) a cash machine/dispenser
- be in credit/in debit/in the black/in the red/overdrawn
- use a mobile/an online banking app/platform/service
- manage/handle/plan/run/ (especially British English) sort out your finances
- plan/manage/work out/stick to a budget
- offer/extend credit (to somebody)
- arrange/take out a loan/an overdraft
- pay back/repay money/a loan/a debt
- pay for something in (especially British English) instalments/(North American English usually) installments
- get into debt/financial difficulties
- be short of/ (informal) be strapped for cash
- run out of/owe money
- face/get/ (informal) be landed with a bill for £…
- can’t afford the cost of…/payments/rent
- fall behind with/ (especially North American English) fall behind on the mortgage/repayments/rent
- incur/run up/accumulate debts
- tackle/reduce/settle your debts
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyc2- She sold the car before she had paid the instalments.
- The next instalment is not due until July.
- The tenants agreed to pay off the arrears in instalments.
- You can pay it in instalments.
- a loan repaid in equal annual instalments
- Repayment is by fixed monthly instalments.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fixed
- equal
- first
- …
- pay
- repay
- become due
- be due
- be payable
- …
- payment
- loan
- plan
- …
- by instalment
- in instalment
- one of the parts of a story that appears regularly over a period of time in a newspaper, on television, etc.
- The ‘Screwtape Letters’ were published in instalments from May to November 1941.
- Now for the second instalment of our exclusive three-part series.
Extra ExamplesTopics TV, radio and newsc2- Dickens completed the last instalment of Martin Chuzzlewit in June of that year.
- the final instalment in the trilogy
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- first
- second
- etc.
- …
- appear in
- publish (something in)
- instalment in
Word Originmid 18th cent. (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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