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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
Brian Evans, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
Initially, a tranche of 200 million $Trump coins was released to the market, when the coin’s creators transferred them to three crypto wallets, the blockchain analysis shows.
—Tom Wilson and Michelle Conlin, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
The Pentagon noted that this is the Biden administration’s 74th tranche of equipment provided to Ukraine from its inventories since August 2021.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025
The most recent tranche, titled ‘Volume 4’, launched in August.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Tranche.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tranche. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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tranche
nounFrench, literally, slice, from Old French, from trenchier, trancher to cut
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