tranche

See also Tranche

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /trɑːnʃ/

Etymology

Borrowing from French tranche, form of trancher (“to cut, to slice”), from Old French trenchier (“cut, make a cut”). Cognate to English trench.

Noun

tranche (plural tranches)

1. A slice, section or portion.
2. (finance) One of a set of classes or risk maturities which comprise 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.

Related terms

• trench
• traunch

Translations

slice, section or portion

• French: tranche (fr)

• German: Tranche (de) f

finance

• German: Tranche (de) f

External links

• “tranche” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• Investor Words

Anagrams

• chanter

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /tʁɑ̃ʃ/, X-SAMPA: /tRA~S/

Noun

tranche f (plural tranches)

1. slice
2. milling on a coin
3. period

Verb

tranche

1. first-person singular present indicative of trancher
2. third-person singular present indicative of trancher
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of trancher
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of trancher
5. second-person singular imperative of trancher

Anagrams

• chanter, chantre

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Jèrriais

Noun

tranche f (plural tranches)

1. slice