A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
A narrow high-rise apartment building.
A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.
Specifically, a splinter caught under the skin.
Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings.
A small amount of something; a drop in the bucket; a shred.
To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.
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.