'instalment' definitions:

Definition of 'instalment'

From: WordNet
noun
A part of a broadcast serial [syn: episode, installment, instalment]
noun
A part of a published serial [syn: installment, instalment]
noun
The act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes" [syn: installation, installing, installment, instalment]

Definition of 'instalment'

From: GCIDE
  • installment \in*stall"ment\, instalment \in*stal"ment\, n.
  • 1. The act of installing; installation. [1913 Webster]
  • Take oaths from all kings and magistrates at their installment, to do impartial justice by law. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The seat in which one is placed. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • The several chairs of order, look, you scour; . . . Each fair installment, coat, and several crest With loyal blazon, evermore be blest. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A portion of a debt, or sum of money, which is divided into portions that are made payable at different times; that portion of a debt payed back in any one payment; as, the next installment is due January first. Payment by installment is payment by parts at different times, the amounts and times being often definitely stipulated. --Bouvier. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • 4. a part of a broadcast serial. [WordNet sense 1]
  • Syn: episode. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 5. a part of a published serial. [WordNet sense 2] [WordNet 1.5]