Tranche
//tɹɑ̃ʃ// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A slice, section or portion.
"Servants, carrying huge baskets suspended before them in which were huge tranches of bread, speedily distributed the contents; and they were followed by others bearing huge cans of milk, hot and cold."
- 2 a portion of something (especially money) wordnet
- 3 A distinct subdivision of a single policyholder's benefits, typically relating to separate premium increments.
- 4 A pension scheme's or scheme member's benefits relating to distinct accrual periods with different rules.
- 5 One of a set of classes or risk maturities that compose a multiple-class security, such as a CMO or REMIC; a class of bonds. Collateralized mortgage obligations are structured with several tranches of bonds that have various maturities.
Verb
- 1 To divide into tranches. transitive
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"Today the first tranche of investments in the project account was received."
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French tranche, form of trancher (“to cut, to slice”), from Old French trenchier (“cut, make a cut”), possibly from Vulgar Latin *trinicāre (“cut in three parts”). Doublet of traunch and trench.
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