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The phrase "an instalment" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a portion of a payment or a part of a series, such as in a book or a subscription service.
Example: "I will pay for the new phone in three instalments over the next few months."
Alternatives: "a payment" or "a portion".
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In a statement released on Tuesday, the club said they had already paid Berg, 43, an instalment of £500,000.
With an instalment due in a few weeks, that could trigger a default.
On BBC2 at the same, an instalment of Friends for Dinner featuring Ainsley Harriott had 1.9m.
Perhaps I should be grateful they didn't split it into quarters, with an instalment for each season of the year.
Game developer studios can't afford for an instalment to fail, and this commercial need encourages a very conservative approach.
"One man told me he really wanted to know what happened next – that he'd like an instalment every Christmas.
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For the first time in a decade Pakistan has qualified for a second instalment of a loan from the IMF.
The club is currently facing legal action over its refusal to pay a final instalment of an historic debt to creditors Langston Corporation.
Collier's comments are just a recent instalment in a long history of disparaging smallholders.
So it was that Rebus returned for a second instalment, and then a third.
"If they pay the capital amount on an agreed instalment basis, that should be sufficient".
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