Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete form of
trench .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One of a series of allotments (of funds for a certain purpose).
- noun One set or portion of a series.
- verb To divide into parts or portions of a series (especially of allotments of funds).
- adjective Divided into portions or parts of a series (especially of allotments of funds).
Etymologies
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Examples
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From Wikipedia: "tranche (often misspelled as traunch or traunche)" or in this case "tranuch"
Saltzman's in on Paulson stadiums deal (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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Are you sure this comment violates TPM's Terms of Service? traunch
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It's expected to receive another traunch of TARP funds as its own exotic and toxic securities ferment into further billion dollar losses.
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Unless a sizable traunch of superdelegates show public support for Obama, I think this thing will limp into the convention, where Obama will probably win on the first round.
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If the U.S. gets through this second traunch they will have only 4.7 billion shares of
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The U.S. Treasury disclosed last night that it sold the first 1.5 billion share traunch of its
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The biggest part in the beginning of the third quarter of 2010 and then there was another traunch of that loss that happened during the fourth quarter of 2009.
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On ocrelizumab, the step down occurs at certain end market revenue numbers and it's all revenues, it's not cut by indication so I think the first traunch, do you have that detail in front of you now?
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The biggest part in the beginning of the third quarter of 2010 and then there was another traunch of that loss that happened during the fourth quarter of 2009.
Healthcare Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha 2010
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The U.S. has now given Morgan Stanley authorization to sell a second 1.5 billion share traunch.
milosrdenstvi commented on the word traunch
Apparently a misspelling, though somewhat common, of tranche, and meaning an allotment of funds.
September 26, 2009