Look up: Float

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   Float
   The number of shares that are actively tradable in the market, excluding shares that are held by officers and major stakeholders that have agreements not to sell until someone else is offered the stock.
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   float
   The amount of time that a check is in circulation; the period between the time a check is written and when it is cashed.
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   float
   [Verb] To suggest something - normally an idea.
   Example: Jan floated the idea of a surprise birthday party for Tom.
   Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary
   
   
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   float
   [n] - the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment 2. [n] - the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public 3. [n] - something that remains on the surface of a liquid 4. [v] - circulate or discuss tentatively 5. [v] - be afloat 6. [v] - be in motion due to some air or water current 7. [v] - set afloat 8. [v] - move lightly, as if suspended 9. [v] - put into the water 10. [v] - allow (currencies) to fluctuate 11. [v] - convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
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   Float
   A polystyrene or wooden tool utilised by anglers.
   Found on http://www.whitbyseaanglers.co.uk/rock-f
   
   
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   Float
   The amount of time a task can be delayed without delaying the project. Tasks on the critical path have no float.
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   float
   a long flat-bed semi-trailer.
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   Float
   (a) When approaching to alight, the distance travelled horizontally in the air after flattening out and before touching down. The better streamlined the aeroplane the greater its float, unless fitted with flaps. Flaps act as air brakes and shorten the float and they make possible landing in a smaller space.
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   float
   a buoyant unit used to give lift or to mark the position of a net,or both Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • the number of freely traded shares in the hands of the public Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs • logs fastened together to form a small raft,as in a storage pond Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - fo...
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    Float
    a name for any straight-edged board drawn over plaster or render to produce a smooth (floated) surface. A floating coat is a base coat of plaster or render usually keyed to take a second coat. Sometimes the type of keying for example, diamond pattern, is specified.
    Found on http://www.trp.dundee.ac.uk/research/glo
    
    
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    Float
    Float (flōt) noun [ Middle English flote ship, boat, fleet, Anglo-Saxon flota ship, from fleótan to float; akin to Dutch vloot fleet, German floss raft, Icelandic floti float, raft, fleet, Swedish flotta . √ 84. See Fleet , intransitive verb , and confer Flotilla , Flotsam , Plover ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/44
    
    
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    Float
    Float intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Floated ; present participle & verbal noun Floating .] [ Middle English flotien , flotten , Anglo-Saxon flotian to float, swim, from fleótan . See Float , noun ] 1. To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; t ...
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    Float
    Float transitive verb 1. To cause to float; to cause to rest or move on the surface of a fluid; as, the tide floated the ship into the harbor. « Had floated that bell on the Inchcape rock.» Southey. 2. To flood; to overflow; to cover with water. « Proud Pactolus floats the fruitful lands.» Dryden. 3. (Plas ...
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    float
    Origin: OE. Flote ship, boat, fleet, AS. Flota ship, fr. Fleotan to float; akin to D. Vloot fleet, G. Floss raft, Icel. Floti float, raft, fleet, Sw. Flotta. ... See Fleet, and cf. Flotilla, Flotsam, Plover. ... 1. Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the pla ...
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    float
    noun something that remains on the surface of a liquid
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    float
    drift 2 be adrift verb be in motion due to some air or water current; `The leaves were blowing in the wind`; `the boat drifted on the lake`; `The sailboat was adrift on the open sea`; `the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore`
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    float
    verb allow (currencies) to fluctuate; `The government floated the ruble for a few months`
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    float
    verb make the surface of level or smooth; `float the plaster`
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    float
    noun a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
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    Float
    Currency: Exchange rate policy that does not limit the range of the market rate. Equities: Number of shares of a corporation that are outstanding and available for trading by the public, excluding insiders or restricted stock on a when-issued basis. A stock`s volatility is inversely correlated to its float.
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    Float
    • (v. i.) A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep. • (n.) To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed up. • (v. t.) To pass over and level the surface of with a float while the plastering is kept wet. • (v. i.) The act of flowing; flux; flow. • (v. t.) To cause to float; to cause to rest o...
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    float
    (from the article `fishing`) ...fished on the bottom, weighted down with what is called a ledger in England and a sinker in the United States, usually of lead, or it may be ...
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    float
    (from the article `undersea exploration`) Currents also can be measured by drifting floats, either at the surface or at a given depth. Tracking the location of the floats is critical. Surface ...
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    Float
    Referring to general equities, the number of shares that are outstanding and available for public trading. Discover What It’s Like to Live Easy With EquiTrend
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    Float
    Periodic vertical movement of the image which occurs as a result of mechanical faults in the camera, printer, or projector.
    Found on http://www.filmland.com/glossary/Diction