INSTALLMENTS
Noun
installments
plural of installment
Source: Wiktionary
INSTALLMENT
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