tranche
/tɹɑ̃ʃ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A distinct subdivision of a single policyholder's benefits, typically relating to separate premium increments.
noun
A pension scheme's or scheme member's benefits relating to distinct accrual periods with different rules.
noun
One of a set of classes or risk maturities that compose a multiple-class security, such as a CMO or REMIC; a class of bonds. Collateralized mortgage obligations are structured with several tranches of bonds that have various maturities.
Example Sentences
- "Servants, carrying huge baskets suspended before them in which were huge tranches of bread, speedily distributed the contents; and they were followed by others bearing huge cans of milk, hot and cold."
- "Habeck said he was planning to announce a first tranche of climate protection measures by Easter, and a second by the end of the summer, to come into force by 2023."
- "The files took all day to upload, since the connection often dropped. […] Then, half an hour before the bookstore closed, the final tranche went through."
- "Then, in January this year, the US justice department released a tranche of Epstein emails."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
- Root: trenchier, *trinicāre
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /tɹɑ̃ʃ/
- British English: /tɹɑ̃ʃ/