Nous échelonnons les mensualités, encore que le client ne demande rien.

We spread the monthly payments over time, although the customer requests nothing.

Breakdown of Nous échelonnons les mensualités, encore que le client ne demande rien.

• nous: we
• demander: to ask
• rien: nothing
• le client: the customer

Questions & Answers about Nous échelonnons les mensualités, encore que le client ne demande rien.

What does échelonnons mean here?

It comes from the verb échelonner.

In this kind of business or finance context, échelonner means to spread out, to stagger, or to arrange in installments over time. So Nous échelonnons les mensualités means that we space out the monthly payments or we set them up over a period of time.

Why is the verb form nous échelonnons?

Because the subject is nous = we.

This is the present tense of échelonner:

• j’échelonne
• tu échelonnes
• il/elle échelonne
• nous échelonnons
• vous échelonnez
• ils/elles échelonnent

The ending -ons is the normal present-tense ending for nous. In French, this present tense can mean either:

• we spread out
• we are spreading out

The exact English choice depends on context.

What does mensualités mean exactly?