Installment vs Deposit - What's the difference?
installment | deposit |
The act of installing; installation.
(obsolete) The seat in which one is placed.
A portion of a debt, or sum of money, which is divided into portions that are made payable at different times. Payment by installment is payment by parts at different times, the amounts and times (often equal namely regular, e.g. mensual) being often definitely stipulated.
a part of a broadcast or published serial.
anything that is performed in parts, spread in time
Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
That which is placed anywhere, or in anyone's hands, for safekeeping; something entrusted to the care of another.
(banking) Money placed in an account.
Anything left behind on a surface.
(finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.
A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit
A place of deposit; a depository.
To lay down; to place; to put.
* Jeremy Taylor
To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.
To put money or funds into an account.
To lay aside; to rid oneself of.
As nouns the difference between installment and deposit
is that installment is the act of installing; installation while deposit is sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.As a verb deposit is
to lay down; to place; to put.installment
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Alternative forms
* instalment (Commonwealth)Etymology 1
From install, itself from (etyl) installer, from installare, from (etyl) in- + ML stallum 'stall' (from Germanic stal, see below)Noun
(en noun)- Take oaths from all kings and magistrates at their installment , to do impartial justice by law. Milton.
- The several chairs of order, look, you scour; . . . Each fair installment , coat, and several crest With loyal blazon, evermore be blest. Shakespeare.
Synonyms
* investiture, investment * installationEtymology 2
A 1732 alteration of (estallment), from (etyl) : The sense of "part of a whole produced in advance of the rest" is from 1823.Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
For this sense in the UK, the OED permits only the spelling instalment . Commonwealth usage varies.Synonyms
* (portion of a debt) * (part of a broadcast or published serial) episode, partReferences
* * * [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=installment+&searchmode=none]deposit
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Alternative forms
* depositeNoun
(en noun)- a mineral deposit
- a deposit of seaweed on the shore
- They put a deposit on the apartment.
Derived terms
* security deposit * container-deposit * bottle deposit * can depositSee also
* refundableVerb
(en verb)- A crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand.
- The waters deposited a rich alluvium.
- The fear is deposited in conscience.
- to deposit goods in a warehouse
- (Hammond)