English Dictionary

installment

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪnˈstɔːlmənt/

名詞

アメリカ英語

One of a series of parts, whether equal or unequal to the other parts of the series, of a given entity or a given process, which part presents or is presented at a particular scheduled interval.

日本語の意味

分割払いにおける一回分の支払い（あるいは、分割により定期的に支払われる金額） / 連載物など、シリーズの各部の一部分

She eagerly read the next installment of the serialized novel as soon as the magazine arrived.

彼女は雑誌が届くとすぐに連載小説の次の回を熱心に読んだ。

意味（1）

One of a series of parts, whether equal or unequal to the other parts of the series, of a given entity or a given process, which part presents or is presented at a particular scheduled interval.

Granted, this was but the first installment in the long process of “hatching” and mastering a dragon egg, but it was a good start.

意味（2）

(banking, finance) One member of a series of portions of a debt or sum of money, which portions may or may not be equated (depending in part on whether the interest rate is fixed or variable), payment of which portions are serially exacted at regularly scheduled intervals toward satisfaction of the total. Payments of installments are generally mensual, quarterly, triannual, biannual, or annual.

意味（3）

(publishing, media) A part of a published or broadcast serial.

With The Two Towers, the new installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, about to storm the box office, we are seeing what might be called the enchanting of America.

installments （ plural ）