"act of installing," 1580s, from install + -ment. Meaning "arrangement of payment by fixed portions at fixed times" is from 1732, alteration of Anglo-French estaler "fix payments," from Old French estal "fixed position, place," from a Germanic source akin to Old High German stal "standing place" (see stall (n.1)). Figurative sense of "part of a whole produced in advance of the rest" is from 1823.
雙語例句
1. His car was repossessed because of default of monthly installment.
因為拖欠按月應付的分期付款,他的汽車被收回了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. I shall soon pay the last installment of my debt.
不久我將償付我的最后一期債款.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Factoring in connection with automobile installment accounts is a big business today.
代管汽車分期付款的到期帳目是當今一樁巨大的業務.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
4. Did you hear the final installment last week?
上星期你有沒有聽最后一集?
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. Offering only one loan, usually an installment loan, is part of the plan.