installment

名词 installment:

1. a payment of part of a debt; usually paid at regular intervals
2. a part of a broadcast serial
   同义词：episode, instalment
3. a part of a published serial
   同义词：instalment
4. the act of installing something (as equipment)
   同义词：installation, installing, instalment

1. I default on the installment payment.
   我没有付分期应付的款。
2. Buy goods on the installment plan have become epidemic in recent year.
   近几年来，用分期付款的办法购物十分流行。
3. If you can't pay for the house in cash, you can buy it on installment.
   如果你不能用现金购房，也可以分期付款。
4. When will you pay the last installment of the loan?
   你什么时候付清最后一期分期贷款？
5. We will pay for houses by monthly installments.
   我们将按月分期付款买房。

installment 也作 in.stal.ment

n.（名词）
One of a number of successive payments in settlement of a debt.
分期付款：清偿债务时分成连续几次付款中的一次

A portion of something, such as a publication, issued at intervals.
部分：某事物的一部分，如分期出版的印刷品
A chapter or part of a literary work presented serially.
分期连载的文学作品的一章或一部

来源：
Alteration of obsolete estallment
废语 estallment的变化
from Anglo-Norman
源自 英法语
from Old French estaler [to place, fix]
源自 古法语 estaler [放置，固定]
from estal [place]
源自 estal [地方]
[of Germanic origin] * see stel-
[日尔曼语词源的] *参见 stel-

installment
installment 2也作 in.stal.ment

n.（名词）
See installation
参见 installation