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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
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
2 July 2026
The tranche of works totaled $20,325, with the highest price, of $9,000, going to a 2010 Damien Loeb painting estimated at $1,500–$2,500.
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Sarah Douglas,
ARTnews.com,
2 July 2026
People couldn’t cool down from the emotions that were generated in time for the next tranche of information.
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David Frum,
The Atlantic,
1 July 2026
Forbes’ Rashi Shrivistava and Iain Martin write that these companies are using funding tranches, raising money at one lower valuation first, then turning around and raising money at a much higher valuation.
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Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
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Cite this Entry
“Tranche.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tranche. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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tranche
nounFrench, literally, slice, from Old French, from trenchier, trancher to cut
