If you pay for something in instalments, you pay small sums of money at regular intervals over a period of time, rather than paying the whole amount at once.
例句
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。...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
An instalment of a story or plan is one of its parts that are published or carried out separately one after the other.
例句
...the disappointing third instalment of the Highlander series.“挑战者”系列令人失望的第三部
英汉词典释义
n.
一部分; 一集
Did you hear the final instalment last week?上星期你有没有听最后一集?
每一期摊付的款项, 分期付款
I shall soon pay the last instalment of my debt.不久我将偿付我的最后一期债款。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a part of a broadcast serial
2. a part of a published serial
3. the act of installing something (as equipment);
"the telephone installation took only a few minutes"