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traunch

/tɹɔnt͡ʃ/

traunch noun: one of a series of allotments (of funds for a certain purpose).

Noun

traunch (plural traunches)

  1. One of a series of allotments (of funds for a certain purpose).
    • First of all, we provide immediate cash relief to the tune of about $35 million. And then there will be an assessment of the damage, so that the relief is -- the next traunch of relief will be spent wisely.2004, George W. Bush, speech following tsunami disaster
  2. One set or portion of a series.

Verb

traunch (third-person singular simple present traunches, present participle traunching, simple past and past participle traunched)

  1. To divide into parts or portions of a series (especially of allotments of funds).

Adjective

traunch

  1. Divided into portions or parts of a series (especially of allotments of funds).

traunch meaning in Bengali

traunch in Bengali

কোনো ধারাবাহিকের একটি সেট, অংশ, অংশে, কিস্তিতে ভাগ করা, কিস্তিতে বিভক্ত

Forms of traunch

Noun
pluraltraunches
Verb
third-person singular presenttraunches
present participletraunching
past participletraunched
pasttraunched

Origin of traunch

From Middle English *traunche, from Late Anglo-Norman traunche (Old French tranche). Doublet of tranche and trench.

Words that rhyme with traunch

Questions about traunch

What does traunch mean?
Traunch means one of a series of allotments (of funds for a certain purpose).
What is traunch in Bengali?
Traunch in Bengali is কোনো ধারাবাহিকের একটি সেট, অংশ, অংশে. See Traunch meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is traunch?
Traunch can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce traunch?
Traunch is pronounced /tɹɔnt͡ʃ/ (US).
What is the plural of traunch?
The plural of traunch is traunches.

Words near traunch in the dictionary

  1. traumatophobia
  2. traumatropic
  3. traumatropism
  4. traunce
  5. traunces
  6. traunch
  7. traunched
  8. traunches
  9. traunching
  10. traunt
  11. traunted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: traunch (page history and authors); traunch (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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