Word:instalment

instalment /ɪnˈstɔːlmənt/  CET6 TEM4

1

N-COUNT 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. 分期付款的一期

Upper-bracket taxpayers who elected to pay their tax increase in instalments must pay the third instalment by April 15.

选择分期支付增税的高额纳税人必须在4月15日之前交纳第3期税款。

2

N-COUNT An instalment of a story or plan is one of its parts that are published or carried out separately one after the other. (报刊上连载故事的) 一集; 一部分

The next instalment of this four-part series deals with the impact of the war on the continent of Africa.

这部4集系列片的下一集将探讨战争对非洲大陆的影响。

3

N-COUNT →another word for  installation