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Finance and Tranche
In French, tranche means "slice." Cutting deeper into the word's etymology, we find the Old French word trancer, meaning "to cut." Tranche emerged in the English language in the late 19th century to describe financial appropriations. Today, it is often used specifically of an issue of bonds that is differentiated from other issues by such factors as maturity or rate of return. Another use of the French word tranche is in the French phrase une tranche de vie, meaning "a cross section of life." That phrase was coined by the dramatist Jean Jullien (1854-1919), who advocated naturalism in the theater.
Examples of tranche in a Sentence
Nick Duffy, NBC News, 16 Feb. 2025
The original tranche of restrictions passed council 7-1.
—Annika Merrilees, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2025
The new tranche of money from Google into Anthropic adds to a total investment of $8 billion from Amazon, the ecommerce group’s largest-ever venture investment, announced over the past 18 months.
—Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2025
The new tranche of troops will support that ongoing mission, according to a defense official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Tranche.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tranche. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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tranche
nounFrench, literally, slice, from Old French, from trenchier, trancher to cut
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