Words / B2

FLOHT/fləʊt/

To float is to rest on a liquid without sinking, or to offer shares for sale: wood floats; float a company. Sink is an opposite in water. Launch is looser for a business. The trust will not float. As a noun: a milk float; a carnival float. Do not mix with fleet (ships).

Meaning

To rest on a liquid; also to offer company shares for sale.

Examples

• “The trust will not float on the stock market, the board confirmed.”
• “The density practical asks which solids float, which is the science sense.”

Good to know

float on water; float a company / shares. Opposite (water): sink. Finance: an IPO / flotation. Noun: a carnival float. Science and City pages.

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