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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
Arkansas Online, 28 Apr. 2026
The repayment process is set to be unveiled in phases, beginning with an initial tranche of refund requests made available on April 20, CBP said.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Both sides called the deal a success and were eager to sign a pact by mid-March, at least for the first tranche of the deal.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
Days later, the department released a massive tranche of more than 11,000 files, totaling nearly 30,000 pages of photos, court records, emails, news clippings, videos and other material.
—Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
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Cite this Entry
“Tranche.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tranche. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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tranche
nounFrench, literally, slice, from Old French, from trenchier, trancher to cut
