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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 trenchier, meaning “to cut,” which has its likely origin in a Latin word meaning “to cut in three,” from Latin trini meaning “three each.” Tranche emerged in the English language in the late 19th century to refer to a division or portion of a larger pool or whole, and later developed a finance-specific meaning referring to an offering for sale of typically a set of bonds “cut” from a larger group of bonds, the tranche being differentiated by such factors as maturity or rate of return.
Examples of tranche in a Sentence
Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 9 May 2026
Morgan Shaw Parker, president and chief operating officer of the Dream, is among the tranche of executives who saw a job at the W as a career opportunity.
—Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 8 May 2026
Joining Day in the first tranche of speakers is new Channel 4 CEO Priya Dogra, ITV boss Carolyn McCall and Reemah Sakaan, who has just taken over at Paramount UK network 5 (previously Channel 5).
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 6 May 2026
Those in the next bracket, up to $100,800, will pay 12% on that additional tranche, 22% on any additional income up to $211,400, and four higher percentages on four further chunks of income, topping out at 37% on everything above $768,701.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
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Cite this Entry
“Tranche.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tranche. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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tranche
nounFrench, literally, slice, from Old French, from trenchier, trancher to cut
