The several chairs of order, look, you scour; . . . Each fair
installment, coat, and several crest With loyal blazon, evermore be
blest.
Shak.
3. 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 being often
definitely stipulated. Bouvier.
In*stamp" (?), v. t. See Enstamp.
In"stance (?), n. [F. instance, L. instantia, fr. instans. See
Instant.]
1. The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency;
solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.
Undertook at her instance to restore them.
Sir W. Scott.