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tranches

tranches is the plural of tranche.

Meaning of tranche

Noun

tranche (plural tranches)

  1. A slice, section or portion.
    • 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.1893, P. Fitzgerald, “Stonyhurst Memories”, in The Month: An Illustrated Magazine of Literature, Science and Art, pages 336–337
  2. A distinct subdivision of a single policyholder's benefits, typically relating to separate premium increments.
  3. (pensions) A pension scheme's or scheme member's benefits relating to distinct accrual periods with different rules.
  4. 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.

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Questions about tranches

What is tranches the plural of?
Tranches is the plural of tranche.

Words near tranches in the dictionary

  1. trancework
  2. trancey
  3. tranch
  4. tranche
  5. tranched
  6. tranches
  7. tranchet
  8. tranchets
  9. Tranchina
  10. Tranchinas
  11. tranching

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