tranche
English
Etymology
Borrowed 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.
Pronunciation
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Noun
tranche (plural tranches)
- A slice, section or portion.
- (insurance) A distinct subdivision of a single policyholder's benefits, typically relating to separate premium increments.
- (pensions) A pension scheme's or scheme member's benefits relating to distinct accrual periods with different rules.
- (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.
Verb
tranche (third-person singular simple present tranches, present participle tranching, simple past and past participle tranched)
- (finance, transitive) To divide into tranches.
Related terms
Translations
slice — see slice
finance
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Further reading
- “tranche”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- Investor Words
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Noun
tranche f (plural tranches)
Verb
tranche
- first-person singular present indicative of trancher
- third-person singular present indicative of trancher
- first-person singular present subjunctive of trancher
- third-person singular present subjunctive of trancher
- second-person singular imperative of trancher
Further reading
- “tranche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Norman
Etymology
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Noun
tranche f (plural tranches)
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