reflotationn.
/riːˌfləʊˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /riˌfloʊˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ The action or an act of refloat v.2 (in various senses).
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > [noun] > renewed floatation of a loan
reflotation1892
1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Nov. 2/1 By such a refloatation there would be a saving of about one per cent.
1976 Jrnl. Ecol. 64 872 This delayed input was presumably the result of reflotation, i.e. the secondary dispersal by wind of pollen which had settled initially on terrestrial surfaces.
1992 Economist 22 Aug. 60/3 The 1990s seem to be the decade of the reverse LBO—the stockmarket reflotation of companies previously turned private by an LBO.
2001 J. Barth Coming Soon! iii. 334 The showboat remained, however, hard aground on ‘Ararat Shoal’ despite several further high-tide attempts at its reflotation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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