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FLOATER
floater, floating policy
(noun) an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location
floater
(noun) an object that floats or is capable of floating
floater
(noun) a swimmer who floats in the water
floater
(noun) a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election
floater
(noun) an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed
vagrant, drifter, floater, vagabond, clochard
(noun) a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
floater
(noun) a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
floater (plural floaters)
Agent noun of float; one who or that which floats.
An employee of a company who does not have fixed tasks to do but fills in wherever needed, usually when someone else is away.
(sports) An unaffiliated player.
(politics) A voter who shifts from party to party, especially one whose vote can be purchased.
(politics, US) A person, such as a delegate to a convention or a member of a legislature, who represents an irregular constituency, such 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.
(US, politics) One who votes illegally in various polling places or election districts, either under false registration made by himself or under the name of some properly registered person who has not already voted.
An "extra" male at a dinner party, or a young friend of the hostess, whose assignment is to entertain the female guests.
A threadlike speck in the visual field that seems to move, possibly caused by degeneration of the vitreous humour.
(police jargon) A corpse floating in a body of water.
(vulgar) A piece of faeces that floats.
(slang, by extension) Someone who attaches themselves to a group of people, much to the dismay of that group, and repeatedly shows up to participate in group activities despite attempts to get rid of, or “flush,” that person.
(insurance) A policy covering property at more than one location or which may be in transit.
(finance) A floating rate bond.
(surfing) A maneuver in which a surfer transitions above the unbroken face of the wave onto the lip, or on top of the breaking section of the wave.
(two-up) A coin which does not spin when thrown in the air.
(AU) A pie floater.
(India) A sandal.
A kind of river mussel (genus Anodonta).
(prison slang) A book circulated between prisoners that is not part of the official prison library.
Anagrams
• Laforte, floe rat, refloat
Source: Wiktionary
Float"er, n.
1. One who floats or swims.
2. A float for indicating the height of a liquid surface.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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