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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
Edward Wong, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
The vast majority of ballots have already been counted, but the next tranche of results from both Santa Clara and San Mateo counties is expected to be released late Tuesday afternoon.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
After passing the first tranche of spending bills with relative ease, this week's deadline aimed to give lawmakers more time to reach agreement on the larger package, which includes subject matter that's historically been more controversial.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2024
Late last month, Adidas announced the launch of a fresh tranche of the sneakers.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 13 Mar. 2024
Key Facts The Associated Press called Missouri’s Republican caucuses for Trump at 12:40 p.m. EST on Saturday, after the former president received 100% of the first tranche of fewer than 200 votes.
—Ty Roush, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
The gap is made all the more consequential by Biden’s inability to secure passage of a massive tranche of additional U.S. aid to Ukraine, which congressional Republicans have blocked for months.
—Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2024
The release of a key tranche from that bailout remained on hold, causing a sudden increase in inflation and a devaluation of Pakistani's currency against the U.S. dollar.
—Munir Ahmed, Quartz, 23 Feb. 2024
More recently, Utopia successfully secured around half of a Series C funding round (understood to total more than 15 million euros) with a second tranche of C-round funding underway.
—Richard Smirke, Billboard, 29 Mar. 2024
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“Tranche.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tranche. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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tranche
nounFrench, literally, slice, from Old French, from trenchier trancher to cut
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