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tranchette, n. Econ. (‖ trɑ̃ʃɛt, trɑːnˈʃɛt) [f. tranche n. 2 + -ette.] A small tranche; esp. a limited issue of government stocks. Cf. *taplet n.
1982Financial Times 20 May 21/7 The Bank [of England] man made frequent and puzzling references throughout the conversation to ‘tranchettes’. It was only towards the end of the dissertation that the dealer realised that the official was talking about the Bank's newly-issued ‘tap’ stock portions. 1982Daily Tel. 22 July 19/4 The authorities hedged their bets..in the face of the setback in the gilt edged prices and rushed out two new ‘tranchettes’ of existing government stocks. 1985Times 24 Jan. 17/3 There is a good chance of new..tranchettes being announced as other taps virtually have dried up. 1988Institutional Investor May 217/3 Some ideas to get liquidity back to center stage include issuing bonds in ‘tranchettes’ fully fungible in the initial bond. |