float

float

float (third-person singular simple present floats, present participle floating, simple past and past participle floated)

1. (intransitive) Of an object or substance, to be supported by a liquid of greater density than the object so as that part of the object or substance remains above the surface.

   The boat floated on the water.

   The oil floated on the vinegar.

2. (transitive) To cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density; as, to float a boat.
3. (intransitive) To be capable of floating.

   That boat doesn’t float.

   Oil floats on vinegar.

4. (intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating

   I’d love to just float downstream.

5. (intransitive) To drift or wander aimlessly.

   I’m not sure where they went... they’re floating around here somewhere.

   Images from my childhood floated through my mind.

6. (intransitive) To drift gently through the air.

   The balloon floated off into the distance.

7. (intransitive) To move in a fluid manner.

   The dancer floated gracefully around the stage.

8. (intransitive) (colloquial) (of an idea or scheme) To be viable.

   That’s a daft idea... it’ll never float.

9. (transitive) To propose (an idea) for consideration.

   I floated the idea of free ice-cream on Fridays, but no one was interested.

10. (intransitive) To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
11. (intransitive, finance) (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets as opposed to by rule.

    The yen floats against the dollar.

12. (transitive, finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.

    The government floated the pound in January.

    Increased pressure on Thailand’s currency, the baht, in 1997 led to a crisis that forced the government to float the currency.

13. (transitive) (colloquial) To extend a short-term loan to.

    Could you float me $50 until payday?

14. (transitive, finance, Australian, UK, and other Commonwealth countries?) To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange.

    2005, He floated the company on the Milan Stock Exchange last December and sold 29 per cent of its shares, mostly to American investors. — article by Dewi Cooke, The Age newspaper, 21 June 2005 (about Mario Moretti Polegato) [2]

15. (transitive) To use a float (tool).

    It is time to float this horses teeth.

16. (poker) To perform a float.

float (plural floats)

1. A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.

   Attach the float and the weight to the fishing line, above the hook.

2. A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades
3. A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces.

   When pouring a new driveway, you can use a two-by-four as a float.

4. An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.

   That float covered in roses is very pretty.

5. (UK) A small battery-powered vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
6. (finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.

   Our bank does a nightly sweep of accounts, to adjust the float so we stay within our reserves limit.

7. (finance, Australian, and other Commonwealth countries?) An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange.

   2006, You dont actually need a broker to buy shares in a float when a company is about to be listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. — Australian Securities and Investments Commission financial tips article, Buying shares in a float [1]

8. (banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.

   No sir, your current float is not taken into account, when assets are legally garnished.

9. (insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.

   We make a lot of interest from our nightly float.

10. (programming) Short form of floating-point number.

    That routine should not have used an int; it should be a float.

11. A soft beverage with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream floating in it.

    Its true - I dont consider anything other than root-beer with vanilla ice-cream to be a ""real"" float.

12. A small sum of money put in a cashiers till at the start of business to enable change to be made.
13. (poker) A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after the next community card.

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