installment (US) noun
also chiefly British instalment /ɪnˈstɑːlmənt/ plural installments
also chiefly British instalment /ɪnˈstɑːlmənt/ plural installments
Learner's definition of INSTALLMENT
1
: any one of a series of small payments that you make over a long time until you have paid the total cost of something(分期付款的)一期付款 [count]
-
He just paid the last installment of a $20,000 loan.他刚刚付清了2万美元贷款的最后一笔分期付款。
-
We are paying for the computer in installments.我们正为所购买的电脑分期付款。
[noncount]
2
[count] : any one of several parts of a long book, television program, etc., that are published or shown over a period of time(连载故事的)一节;(电视连续剧的)一集