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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
Maegan Vazquez The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 5 Mar. 2026
That’s nearly thirteen years after Epstein initially expressed interest in joining the project, six years after he was found dead in a jail cell, and just one day after the latest tranche of investigation files were released by the Department of Justice.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 5 Mar. 2026
That initial tranche of transcripts was followed on December 12 by another eighteen pages spanning January 29 through June 28, 1942.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
Most of the latest tranche of reserves spending came at the behest of a subcommittee controlled by Democratic Supervisors Terra Lawson-Remer and Monica Montgomery Steppe, according to county documents.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
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Cite this Entry
“Tranche.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tranche. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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tranche
nounFrench, literally, slice, from Old French, from trenchier, trancher to cut
