tranche = 'an installment of any kind'

[Jonathan Lighter]

A couple of years ago even the economic sense was obscure. But now:

http://www.itma.ie/digitallibrary/print-collection/charlotte-milligan-fox/

"1 August 2011: The latest tranche of material has been added to our Digital
Library."

JL

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