The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word INSTALMENT
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More clues leading to the result INSTALMENT
- Maiden embraced by the Parisian in next to no time — part of the story
- Part sentimental English left out
- Part of sum paid gets ailments treated, not forgetting heart
- Part of payment plan making tenant smile
- Section of mantle isn’t working
- Line is written by this writer in second episode
- Energy lacking in terribly sentimental episode
- Pound is given to me in immediate part-payment
- Final scene’s over; soppy sentimental episode
- Prompt about cutting a poor episode
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The straight part
We know that "Part" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case part = instalment.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does INSTALMENT mean?
INSTALMENT noun- One of a series of parts, whether equal or unequal to the other parts of the series, of a given entity or a given process, which part presents or is presented at a particular scheduled interval.
- One member of a series of portions of a debt or sum of money, which portions may or may not be equated (depending in part on whether the interest rate is fixed or variable), payment of which portions are serially exacted at regularly scheduled intervals toward satisfaction of the total. Payments of installments are generally mensual, quarterly, triannual, biannual, or annual.
- A part of a published or broadcast serial.
- The act of installing; installation.
- The seat in which one is placed.