The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TRANCHE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result TRANCHE
- Share last of sugar in the can, freely
- Took charge of cake at the start, cutting the slice
- Share hotel in state where one's lost?
- Horse breaking into canter deviating a lot
- Part of hospital in coma
- Cut the crap! Rearrange that number for piano
- Dream about hotel block
- Farm in outskirts of Tallahassee gets a portion of the money
- Part hypnotised initially, in hynoptic state
- Portion of hospital in dazed condition
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What does TRANCHE mean?
TRANCHE noun- A slice, section or portion.
- A distinct subdivision of a single policyholder's benefits, typically relating to separate premium increments.
- A pension scheme's or scheme member's benefits relating to distinct accrual periods with different rules.
- 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.
- To divide into tranches.