Installation vs. Installment — What's the Difference?

The act of installing.

One of a number of successive payments in settlement of a debt.

The state of being installed. Also called installment2.

A portion of something, such as a publication, issued at intervals.

A system of machinery or other apparatus set up for use.

A chapter or part of a literary work presented serially.

A permanent military base.

See installation.

An example of installation art.

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.

An act of installing.

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.

Something installed, especially the whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.

A part of a published or broadcast serial.

A work of installation art.

The act of installing; installation.

A grouping of facilities that constitute a permanent military base.

(obsolete) The seat in which one is placed.

The act of installing; as, the installation of the air conditioner took half an hour.

The act of installing; installation.

The act of installing (a person) or giving possession of an office, rank, or order, with the usual rites or ceremonies; as, the installation of an ordained minister in a parish.

The seat in which one is placed.

The whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, sometimes including the buildings and gorounds on which they are located, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.; as, our installation in Baton Rouge can produce ten thousand gallons a day; we should move our drying installation from building A to building B.

A portion of a debt, or sum of money, which is divided into portions that are made payable at different times; that portion of a debt payed back in any one payment; as, the next installment is due January first. Payment by installment is payment by parts at different times, the amounts and times being often definitely stipulated.

The whole of a military base, post, camp, outpost, etc., constructed and operated for support of military operations.

A part of a broadcast serial.

The act of installing something (as equipment);

A part of a published serial.

A building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry;

A payment of part of a debt; usually paid at regular intervals

A formal entry into an organization or position or office;

A part of a broadcast serial

A part of a published serial

The act of installing something (as equipment);