Word of the Day
for Wednesday,
March 27, 2013
Tranche \trahnch, trahnsh\, noun:
1. any part, division, or installment: We've hired the first tranche of
researchers.
2. Finance. a. one part or division of a larger unit, as of an asset pool or investment: The loan will be repaid in three tranches. b. a group of securities that share a certain characteristic and form part of a larger offering: The second tranche of the bond issue has a five-year maturity.
2. Finance. a. one part or division of a larger unit, as of an asset pool or investment: The loan will be repaid in three tranches. b. a group of securities that share a certain characteristic and form part of a larger offering: The second tranche of the bond issue has a five-year maturity.
verb:
1. Finance. to divide into parts: tranched debt; A credit portfolio can be tranched into a variety of components that are then further subdivided.
1. Finance. to divide into parts: tranched debt; A credit portfolio can be tranched into a variety of components that are then further subdivided.
All this committee was
being asked to approve was to release a further tranche of funding…
-- Stephen Baxter, Exultant, 2005
-- Stephen Baxter, Exultant, 2005
Seated on deck, where
freezing conditions assured him of privacy, he sifted through a third tranche
of newspapers and noticed a hardening of attitudes as well as an ebbing of
interest.
-- Robert Goddard, Into the Blue, 2006
-- Robert Goddard, Into the Blue, 2006
Tranche unsurprisingly shares a root with trench. Both words come from
the Old French trenchier
meaning "to cut." While this term first entered English in the
sixteenth century, it was 450 years before tranche
took on its financial senses.
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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