instalment

英 [ɪnˈstɔːlmənt]

美 [ɪnˈstɔːlmənt]

n. (分期付款的)一期付款; (报章连载小说的)一节; (电视连续剧的)一集

复数：instalments　

Collins.1 / BNC.8067

牛津词典

noun

（分期付款的）一期付款
one of a number of payments that are made regularly over a period of time until sth has been paid for
1. We paid for the car by/in instalments .
  我们以分期付款买了这辆车。
2. The final instalment on the loan is due next week.
  贷款的最后一期付款下个星期到期。
3. They were unable to keep up (= continue to pay regularly) the instalments.
  他们未能继续按时交付这笔分期付款。
（报章连载小说的）一节；（电视连续剧的）一集
one of the parts of a story that appears regularly over a period of time in a newspaper, on television, etc.

in AM, use 美国英语用 installment

N-COUNT (分期付款的)一期付款
If you pay for something ininstalments, you pay small sums of money at regular intervals over a period of time, rather than paying the whole amount at once.
1. The first instalment of £1 per share is payable on application.
  每股1英镑的首期付款应在申请时交付。
2. ...the first month's interest instalment on the loan.
  贷款第一个月的利息还款
N-COUNT (故事、计划等的)部分;(分期出版的)分册
Aninstalmentof a story or plan is one of its parts that are published or carried out separately one after the other.
1. ...the disappointing third instalment of the Highlander series.
  “挑战者”系列令人失望的第三部

noun

the act of installing something (as equipment)
1. the telephone installation took only a few minutes
Synonym:installationinstallinginstallment
a part of a published serial
Synonym:installment
a part of a broadcast serial
Synonym:episodeinstallment

Radcliffe and Felton are currently shooting scenes for the final instalment of the wildly succesful Harry Potter films.
目前，丹尼尔和菲尔顿正在拍摄哈利波特最后一集。这个系列电影已取得了巨大成功。
The instalment payments hide a deceptively high interest rate.
分期付款隐藏着欺骗性的高利率。
I paid for the house by divided payments ( instalment).
我用分期付款买了这座房子。
The film, at least in the first instalment, glosses over such ambivalence.
至少在第一部中，影片掩盖了这种矛盾心理。
The second instalment sees McPhee coming to the rescue of a young mum played by Maggie Gyllenhaal.
在《魔法保姆2》中，麦克菲营救了由玛吉·吉伦哈尔扮演的一位年轻母亲。
In recent years, the contract of instalment buying and selling is increasing.
近年来，分期付款买卖的合同越来越多。
The first instalment of £ 1 per share is payable on application.
每股1英镑的首期付款应在申请时交付。
He pays off his creditor in twelve instalment.
他分12次付还了债主的钱。
Above all it will make you yearn for Rowling's next instalment.
更甚者，它将会让你更渴望罗琳的下一本连载。
It's no less than you deserve yet it's just the first instalment of a significant reward.
这正是你应得的，而且它只是一个显著酬赏的开始。