installment
Syllabification: (in·stall·ment)
Pronunciation: /inˈstôlmənt/
(chiefly Britishinstalment)
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noun
Origin:
mid 18th century (denoting the arrangement of payment by installments): alteration of obsolete estalment (probably by association with installation), from Anglo-Norman French estalement, from Old French estaler 'to fix'