installation, installing, installment, instalment
(noun) the act of installing something (as equipment); “the telephone installation took only a few minutes”
installment, instalment
(noun) a part of a published serial
episode, installment, instalment
(noun) a part of a broadcast serial
installment
(noun) a payment of part of a debt; usually paid at regular intervals
Source: WordNet® 3.1
installment (plural installments) (American spelling)
One of a series of parts, whether equal or unequal to the other parts of the series, of a given entity or a given process, which part presents or is presented at a particular scheduled interval.
(banking, finance) One member of a series of portions of a debt or sum of money, which portions may or may not be equated (depending in part on whether the interest rate is fixed or variable), payment of which portions are serially exacted at regularly scheduled intervals toward satisfaction of the total. Payments of installments are generally mensual, quarterly, triannual, biannual, or annual.
(publishing, media) A part of a published or broadcast serial.
For this sense in the UK, the OED permits only the spelling instalment. Commonwealth usage varies.
• (portion of a debt)
• (part of a broadcast or published serial): episode, part
installment (plural installments) (American spelling)
The act of installing; installation.
(obsolete) The seat in which one is placed.
• investiture, investment
• installation
Source: Wiktionary
In*stall"ment, n. Etym: [Written also instalment.]
1. The act of installing; installation. Take oaths from all kings and magistrates at their installment, to do impartial justice by law. Milton.
2. The seat in which one is placed. [Obs.] The several chairs of order, look, you scour; . . . Each fair installment, coat, and several crest With loyal blazon, evermore be blest. Shak.
3. A portion of a debt, or sum of money, which is divided into portions that are made payable at different times. Payment by installment is payment by parts at different times, the amounts and times being often definitely stipulated. Bouvier.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
