tranche

See also: Tranche and tranché

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /tɹæntʃ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /trɑːnʃ/

Etymology

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”). 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 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.

Related terms

• trench
• traunch

Translations

slice — see slice

finance

• Bulgarian: транш m ‎(tranš)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 份額 (zh), 份额 (zh) ‎(fèn'é)

• Czech: tranše f
• Finnish: erä (fi)

• French: tranche (fr) f, tranche de crédit f
• German: Tranche (de) f
• Italian: tranche (it)
• Japanese: トランシェ ‎(toranshe)
• Persian: قسط (fa) ‎(qest)
• Portuguese: tranche f
• Russian: транш (ru) m ‎(tranš)
• Turkish: tranş (tr), dilim (tr)

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^(key): /tʁɑ̃ʃ/

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

External links

• “tranche” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Norman

Noun

tranche f ‎(plural tranches)

1. (Jersey) slice