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Collocations for instalment - noun

1. regular payment

ADJ.

fixed | equal
a loan repaid in equal annual instalments
first, initial | second, third, etc. | final, last | next | annual, monthly, weekly, quarterly

VERB + INSTALMENT

pay (off), pay (sth) by/in, pay sth off in
She sold the car before she had paid the instalments. | The tenants agreed to pay off the arrears in instalments.
repay (sth) by/in

INSTALMENT + VERB

be/become due, be payable by/in
The next instalment is not due until July.

INSTALMENT + NOUN

payment | plan, terms
We offer an instalment plan.

PREP.

by ~
The amounts are repayable by instalment.
in ~
Repayment is in ten instalments.

2. part of a story

ADJ.

first, second, etc. | final, last | daily, weekly | next

VERB + INSTALMENT

publish (sth in)
The ‘Screwtape Letters’ were published in instalments from May to November 1941.

PREP.

~ in
the final instalment in the trilogy

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