tranche — meaning in English

English meaning

• cipher noun A system for turning readable text into a secret, scrambled form; more loosely, a secret code.
• slice noun A thin, flat piece cut off from something larger.
• tranche noun One portion of a larger sum of money, loan or investment, released or issued separately from the rest.

Senses

tranche is used for these senses in English:

• cipher A grouping of three digits in a number, especially when delimited by commas or periods:
• per bend (heraldry) (Partitioned) diagonally by a line going from the dexter chief (viewer's top left) along a 45 degree angle towards the sinister base, (especially) into two halves (formally party per bend).
• slice A thin, broad piece cut off.
• tranche (finance, transitive) To divide into tranches.

cipher — full definition

1. noun A system for turning readable text into a secret, scrambled form; more loosely, a secret code.
2. noun A person or thing regarded as having no real importance or influence.
3. verb To convert a message into a secret code.

slice — full definition

1. noun A thin, flat piece cut off from something larger.
2. noun A portion or share of something.
3. verb To cut something into thin, flat pieces.
4. verb (golf, tennis) To hit the ball so it curves unintentionally, typically to the right for a right-handed player.

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