4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Well that was an interesting and helpful discussion. Thank you all for your input. I won't be entering this into the glossary, but it was indeed the most helpful in terms of helping me see that 'poche' here was just a slang cover-all and not any kind of financial term. I actually used 'a bunch of shares' because it fitted with the very casual, informal tone, and apologies for not making that clear in the inital request. As Steve Robbie says, it could have been quantity, number, anything really - and that sealed it. In a more formal piece I would use 'share package' so I'm grateful to have that term now. Thank you all and have a lovely day."