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pay in installments
/peɪ ɪn ɪnˈstɔːlmənts/pay in in·STAL·lments
to pay for something in several smaller payments over a period of time
Examples
“She bought the laptop and decided to pay in installments.”
“The store lets customers pay in monthly installments.”
“If you can't afford it up front, you can pay in installments.”
Band 8 sentence
“To make the course more accessible, the college allows students to pay in installments.”
Collocations
- pay in monthly installments
- pay off in installments
Word family
Common mistakes
pay on installments→pay in installments
pay installment→pay in installments / pay an installment
Say it for a higher band
5pay monthly→6pay by parts→7+pay in installments
Synonyms
spread the payments
Easily confused
pay by instalments
“I chose to pay by instalments to spread the cost.”
pay monthly
“They agreed to pay monthly until the debt was cleared.”
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