Meaning

4 senses

  1. A slice, section or portion.

    a portion of something (especially money)

  2. A distinct subdivision of a single policyholder's benefits, typically relating to separate premium increments.

  3. A pension scheme's or scheme member's benefits relating to distinct accrual periods with different rules.

  4. 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.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Today the first tranche of investments in the project account was received.

    ruСегодня поступил первый транш инвестиций в счёт проекта.

    deHeute ging die erste Tranche der Investitionen auf dem Projektkonto ein.

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  2. The Chinese government disbursed the second tranche of the money.

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Origin

Unadapted borrowing from French tranche, form of trancher (“to cut, to slice”), from Old F

Unadapted 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”). Doublet of traunch and trench.

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Forms

plural: tranches
Singulartranche
Pluraltranches

regular

See also

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