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Collocations for instalment - noun

1. regular payment

ADJECTIVE

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

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VERB + instalment

pay, repay
She sold the car before she had paid the instalments.

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instalment + VERB

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

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instalment + NOUN

payment
loan (AmE), plan
We offer an installment plan.

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PREPOSITION

by instalment (esp. BrE)
The amounts are repayable by instalment.
in instalment
Repayment is in ten instalments.
You can pay it in instalments.

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2. part of a story

ADJECTIVE

first, second, etc.
final, last
previous
The last part of the trilogy is a distinct improvement on the previous installment.
daily, weekly
next

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VERB + instalment

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

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PREPOSITION

instalment in
the final instalment in the trilogy

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