名詞 installment:

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

1. I default on the installment payment.
   我沒有付分期應付的款。
2. Buy goods on the installment plan have become epidemic in recent year.
   近幾年來，用分期付款的辦法購物十分流行。
3. If you can't pay for the house in cash, you can buy it on installment.
   如果你不能用現(xiàn)金購房，也可以分期付款。
4. When will you pay the last installment of the loan?
   你什么時候付清最后一期分期貸款？
5. We will pay for houses by monthly installments.
   我們將按月分期付款買房。

installment 也作 in.stal.ment

n.（名詞）
One of a number of successive payments in settlement of a debt.
分期付款：清償債務時分成連續(xù)幾次付款中的一次

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.
分期連載的文學作品的一章或一部

來源：
Alteration of obsolete estallment
廢語 estallment的變化
from Anglo-Norman
源自 英法語
from Old French estaler [to place, fix]
源自 古法語 estaler [放置，固定]
from estal [place]
源自 estal [地方]
[of Germanic origin] * see stel-
[日爾曼語詞源的] *參見 stel-

installment
installment 2也作 in.stal.ment

n.（名詞）
See installation
參見 installation