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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
Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
Each tranche offers a differing return profile based on the level of underlying loan risk, many of which provide better returns than traditional corporate bonds.
—Hugh Leask, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
The requests from the CMA have been made informally, and there’s no regulatory requirement to increase the retail tranche, according to the people.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
That unprecedented tranche of assets has begun to change hands.
—Christina Binkley, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2025
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“Tranche.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tranche. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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tranche
nounFrench, literally, slice, from Old French, from trenchier, trancher to cut
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