tranche
IPA: trˈæntʃ
noun
- A slice, section or portion.
- (insurance) A distinct subdivision of a single policyholder's benefits, typically relating to separate premium increments.
- (pensions) A pension scheme's or scheme member's benefits relating to distinct accrual periods with different rules.
- (finance) 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.
verb
- (finance, transitive) To divide into tranches.
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Examples of "tranche" in Sentences
- The equity tranche is supposed to be very high risk and carries commensurate high yields.
- I use the word tranche all the time :-) In fact, last week I was and still am) extremely worried about certain tranches.
- Already, over 100 beds have been released as a result of the first tranche, which is an additional £4 million in funding.
- The more-conservative investors, insurance companies, chose the longest-term tranche; money managers settled in the middle.
- A tranche is a specific class of bonds within an offering wherein each tranche offers varying degrees of risk to the investor.
- When the rate changes or the principle changes or the homeowner defaults, the tranche is removed from the bond, thus lowering it’s value.
- The offshore-yuan tranche, with a three-year-maturity, is likely to be around 2.25 billion yuan in size and the dollar tranche, which is expected to mature in five years, should be around $150 million.
- Mr. Poetsch confirmed that Porsche plans a capital increase of up to € 5 billion in the first half of 2011, mainly to repay a € 2.5 billion credit tranche from a syndicated loan, which is due June 30, 2011.
- The prices were slightly lower than the initial guidance on the senior unsecured bonds, which had been two percentage points on the shorter-term tranche and 2.15 percentage points on the longer-term tranche.
- And I hope that the next TARP tranche, that is, the next bailout of Wall Street that is coming, actually has very, very clear limitations on executive salaries if not a claw-back on the bonuses that have already been paid.
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