The initial instalment is a cut of $85 billion for the seven months until the end of September, though that will reduce actual spending by only $42 billion since some money approved in one fiscal year is spent in the next.
The last chapter in the now-adolescent wizard's struggle against the forces of evil took £23m in the UK from Friday to Sunday, easily eclipsing the previous record of £18.3m, set by Deathly Hallows Part I, the initial instalment of the two-film final Potter novel.
The deal for the acquisition of these eight aircraft was signed with Boeing in April 2008, and also included a memorandum of understanding for the purchase of two Boeing 737-800s to be delivered in 2015, with Biman making an initial instalment of million.
We explore an instalment payment (contract) consisting of an initial payment to the supplier as soon as the product is put in use, followed by a deferred payment that is contingent upon the product in normal operation within a certain period.
"The internet enables a unique two-way interaction between us and the audience, and we hope the initial responses we receive from viewers will help inform ways to improve subsequent instalments".
The second instalment, Mother of Eden, takes places 400 years after the initial crash.
Reading Festival allows people to pay by instalments, while Bestival has a 15-week payment plan (which requires an initial £25 deposit followed by 14 weekly payments of around £12).The End of the Road festival in Wiltshire in September, meanwhile, is one of a number that offers cheaper tickets to "early bird" bookers (although this allocation has now gone for this year).
However, in July 2013 it acquired Big Talk, maker of sitcoms Rev and Friday Night Dinner, as well as the third instalment of Simon Pegg's "Cornetto trilogy" of films, The World's End, for an initial fee of £12.5m.
Grants are given in instalments.
Could this instalment – the first of a cliffhanging two-parter to be resolved in 2014 – be a pontoon between the show's initial, uncertain baby steps and its final, striding form?
