INSTALLMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does installment mean? 

• INSTALLMENT (noun)
  The noun INSTALLMENT has 4 senses:

1. a payment of part of a debt; usually paid at regular intervals

2. a part of a broadcast serial

3. a part of a published serial

4. the act of installing something (as equipment)

  Familiarity information: INSTALLMENT used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INSTALLMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A payment of part of a debt; usually paid at regular intervals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("installment" is a kind of...):

payment (a sum of money paid or a claim discharged)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A part of a broadcast serial

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

episode; installment; instalment

Hypernyms ("installment" is a kind of...):

broadcast; program; programme (a radio or television show)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "installment"):

cliffhanger (an episode that ends in suspense)

Holonyms ("installment" is a part of...):

serial; series (a serialized set of programs)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A part of a published serial

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

installment; instalment

Hypernyms ("installment" is a kind of...):

text; textual matter (the words of something written)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "installment"):

fascicle; fascicule (an installment of a printed work)

Holonyms ("installment" is a part of...):

serial; serial publication; series (a periodical that appears at scheduled times)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The act of installing something (as equipment)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

installation; installing; installment; instalment

Context example:

the telephone installation took only a few minutes

Hypernyms ("installment" is a kind of...):

beginning; commencement; start (the act of starting something)

Derivation:

install (set up for use)

 Context examples 

Jo led the way, and as if used to waiting on ladies, Laurie drew up a little table, brought a second installment of coffee and ice for Jo, and was so obliging that even particular Meg pronounced him a 'nice boy'.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)