A slice, especially of bread.
A beam or plank of split wood.
A piece of thread or fluff on the surface of cloth or other material.
A flat, wide cork for plugging a large hole or closing a wide-mouthed bottle.
A splinter or fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp broken off in braking or scutching
A plant fragment remaining in scoured wool.
A dark particle or impurity in finished paper resulting from a bundle of incompletely cooked wood fibres in the pulp.
A slice, section or portion.
A distinct subdivision of a single policyholder's benefits, typically relating to separate premium increments.
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.
A pension scheme's or scheme member's benefits relating to distinct accrual periods with different rules.
To divide into tranches.