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A Float

  1. A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
  2. A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
  3. A float board. Float (nautical) - Wikipedia
  4. A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
  5. A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.
  6. An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
  7. (Britain) A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
  8. (finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.
  9. (finance, Australia, 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.
  10. (banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account. Float (money supply) - Wikipedia
  11. (insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
  12. (programming) A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.
  13. A soft beverage with a scoop of ice-cream floating in it.
  14. A small sum of money put in a cashier's till, or otherwise secured, at the start of business to enable change to be made.
  15. (poker) A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after a subsequent community card.
  16. (knitting) One of the loose ends of yarn on an unfinished work.
  17. (automotive) a car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination
  18. (transport) a lowboy trailer
  19. (obsolete) The act of flowing; flux; flow.
  20. A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
  21. (UK, dated) A coal cart[1].
  22. A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
  23. (computing) A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.
  24. (biology) The gas-filled sac, bag or body of a siphonophore; a pneumatophore.
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