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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
The Editors, National Review, 26 Apr. 2024
Trump's team sought to delay proceedings even further, or an outright dismissal of the case, accusing prosecutors of misconduct for failing to turn over the new tranche of documents sooner.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2024
The important tranche is about speed in taking action (16%), the marketplace’s talent (14%), and the effectiveness of sales, marketing, and product working together (12%).
—Jon Younger, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Los Angeles Unified, for example, has tracked the deadlines for each tranche of state and federal pandemic aid, spending the money with the earliest deadlines first.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
If Israel orders a major weapons system, the department only tells Congress if the tranche is valued at more than $25 million.
—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
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“Tranche.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tranche. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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tranche
nounFrench, literally, slice, from Old French, from trenchier trancher to cut
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