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Definition of "installment" []

  • One of a number of successive payments in settlement of a debt. (noun)
  • A portion of something, such as a publication, issued at intervals. (noun)
  • A chapter or part of a literary work presented serially. (noun)
  • See installation. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "installment" in a sentence
  • "This weekly Robin installment is a follow-on to the preceding essays about the Boy Wonder as comic relief, and DC's collective effort to develop established aspects of superhero characters into meaningful personality traits."
  • "The basis of this weekly Robin installment is Baldeon's full-page image (click on thumbnail to the right) of the current Robin (Tim Drake) and the original Robin, now Nightwing (Dick Grayson), about to confront each other over ... well, some pool of immortality thing -- I wasn't really following."
  • "Â If you play the uke, this installment is a perfect combo of singing and learning."