Look up: floater

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   Floater
   Floating rate bond.
   Found on http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial
   
   
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   Floater
   Skydivers who leave the airplane before the base are called floaters since they must use a slow fall rate to get up to the base. Floating also refers to an exit position outside the airplane
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   Floater
   Is an instrument whose cash flow varies according to stipulated factors. These instruments can also be leveraged by a multiplier which alters the associated interest payment stream.
   Found on http://www.oasismanagement.com/glossary/
   
   
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   floater
   [n] - a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills) 2. [n] - an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed 3. [n] - a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election 4. [n] - a swimmer who floats in the water 5. [n] - an object that floats or is capable of floating 6. [n] - an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location
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   floater
   See floating offshore drilling rig.
   Found on http://www.workover.co.uk/og/f.htm
   
   
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   Floater
   Floater: A blurry spot that seems to drift in front of the eyes but does not block vision. The blur is the result of debris from the vitreous of the eye casting a shadow on the retina. The spot is the image formed by a deposit of protein drifting about in the vitreous, the clear jelly-like substance that fills the middle of the eye. Floaters are of ...
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   floater
   a member,generally one under compression,terminating in a joint that does not rest on any support Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • piece of refractory which floats on the surface of the glass in a tank furnace,placed across the width of the furnace Category: Various industries and crafts • a species of tree whose timber,when freshly ...
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   Floater
   Float'er noun 1. One who floats or swims. 2. A float for indicating the height of a liquid surface.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/44
   
   
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   Floater
   Float'er (Politics) (a) A voter who shifts from party to party, esp. one whose vote is purchasable. [ U. S.] (b) A person, as a delegate to a convention or a member of a legislature, who represents an irregular constituency, as one formed by a union of the voters of two counties neither of which has a number sufficient to be allowed a (or an extra) representative of its own. [ U. S.] (c) A perso ...
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    floater
    <ophthalmology> One or more spots that appear to drift in front of the eye, caused by a shadow cast on the retina by vitreous debris or separation of the vitreous humour from the retina. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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    floater
    floating policy noun an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location
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    Floater
    `Floaters` are deposits of various size, shape, consistency, refractive index, and motility within the eye's normally transparent vitreous humour. They may be of embryonic origin or acquired due to degenerative changes of the vitreous humour or retina. The perception of floaters is known as `myodesopsia`, or less commonly as `myiodeopsia`, `myiodesopsia`, or `myodeopsia`. When observed subjectively, floaters are entoptic phenomena characterized b...
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    Floater
    A bond whose interest rate varies with the interest rate of another debt instrument, e.g., a bond that has the interest rate of the Treasury bill +.25%.
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    Floater
    • (n.) A float for indicating the height of a liquid surface. • (n.) One who floats or swims. • A person, as a delegate to a convention or a member of a legislature, who represents an irregular constituency, as one formed by a union of the voters of two counties neither of which has a number sufficient to be allowed a (or an extra...
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    floater
    (from the article `eye disease`) One of the most common visual symptoms is the sensation of small black objects floating in front of the eye, known as `floaters.` These move with the ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/37
    
    
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    floater
    (from the article `surfing`) ...the apparatus upon which surfers perform spectacular maneuvers such as `tailslides` (withdrawing the fins from the wave and allowing the board to ...
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    Floater
    Bond with a floating rate. Discover What It’s Like to Live Easy With EquiTrend
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    FLOATER
    A serve with no spin that follows an erratic path.
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    Floater
    A variable rate bond.
    Found on http://www.nchffa.com/Bond%20Terminology
    
    
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    Floater
    An insurance policy that covers specific items of personal property, such as jewelry.
    Found on http://www.smartmoney.com/university/glo
    
    
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    floater
    A bond whose interest rate varies with the interest rate of another debt instrument, e.g., a bond that has the interest rate of the Treasury bill +.25%.…
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