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a way of paying for something by making a series of small payments over a long time
We used an installment plan to buy the furniture.
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Another social media user pointed out potential personal finance issues in making installment plans for a food delivery order.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
The end of the world is usually dramatized as convulsive and feverish, but population loss is an apocalypse on an installment plan.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Taxpayers often have opportunities to negotiate repayment arrangements or installment plans to avoid immediate refund loss.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
Consumers can access Affirm’s biweekly and monthly installment plans and have the money automatically deducted from their checking account.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
The end of the world is usually dramatized as convulsive and feverish, but population loss is an apocalypse on an installment plan.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Taxpayers often have opportunities to negotiate repayment arrangements or installment plans to avoid immediate refund loss.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
Consumers can access Affirm’s biweekly and monthly installment plans and have the money automatically deducted from their checking account.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for installment plan
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“Installment plan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/installment%20plan. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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