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tranche

tranche

6 9.0
A part of money or shares paid at different times
  • noun
  • /trɑːnʃ/
  • Specialized
: tramo
  • The company issued the bonds in several tranches, allowing investors to buy them in portions.
  • disbursing tranches
  • the first tranche
  • the second tranche

The only the first tranche is private and then it's public from there.

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Examples

  • Passing the third review would allow Pakistan to receive the final $135 million tranche.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Pakistan received its two tranches despite being under the limitations of the Glen Amendment.

    Academic text (2004)

  • So the senior tranche looks pretty good and the junior tranche looks pretty bad.

  • The only the first tranche is private and then it's public from there.

    Lex Fridman

  • And then they say because of that average, what we're going to do is we're going to spend the next tranche on Facebook ads.

    Tim Ferriss

  • What is being bargained about at this stage, therefore, is not whether the second tranche will be released, but when.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Indeed, the IMF rewarded him with tranche after tranche of support.

    Academic text (2000)

  • The recipient government is informed that the second tranche is being withheld.

    Academic text (1998)

  • You're breaking it down in tranches, so you know where you have to concentrate.

  • So vast was this project that it was rolled out in tranches across three years, resulting in a 15-part series.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

share
vstranche
663 1.6

A part of money, food or property given to someone

is used for parts paid over time rather than general divided parts
payout
vstranche
48 3.4

An amount of money paid to someone as a reward, compensation, or winnings

is a scheduled portion paid as part of a larger allocation
allotment
vstranche
  • Formal
16 5.1

An amount of something given officially for a particular purpose

is often one part of a series of payments or allocations
remittance
vstranche
8 7.0

An amount of money sent to someone in another country as payment or a gift

is usually one instalment within a series of payments or allocations
disbursement
vstranche
  • Specialized
8 6.7

A payment of money from a fund or account

is one defined portion rather than the act of paying funds out

How Large

bulk
98 2.7
tranche
  • Specialized
6 9.0
portion
501 2.1
installment
  • US
25 3.2
bit
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

tranche singular
tranches plural

Etymology

Tranche comes from French and means 'slice', from the verb trancher 'to cut', so imagine cutting a cake into parts. So, a tranche is a 'slice' of money or shares, one part of a larger amount given at different times.