1. The act of installing something (as equipment)
   "the telephone installment took only a few minutes";
   - installation, instalment
    
2. A payment of part of a debt; usually paid at regular intervals
   "She paid off her car loan in monthly installments";
   - instalment
    
3. A part of a published serial
   "Readers eagerly awaited each new installment of the mystery novel";
   - instalment
    
4. A part of a broadcast serial
   "The novel was published in weekly installments in the newspaper";
   - episode, instalment

Derived forms: installments

Type of: beginning, broadcast, commencement, payment, program [N. Amer], programme [Brit, Cdn], start, text, textual matter

Part of: serial, serial publication, series

Encyclopedia: Installment