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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Late Anglo-Norman traunche (Old French tranche).

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  • Apparently a misspelling, though somewhat common, of tranche, and meaning an allotment of funds.

    September 26, 2009