The flotation of a company is the selling of shares in it to the public.
[business]
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
A flotation compartment helps something to float because it is filled with air or gas.
flotation in British English
or floatation (fləʊˈteɪʃən)
noun
1.
a.
the launching or financing of a commercial enterprise by bond or share issues
b.
the raising of a loan or new capital by bond or share issues
2.
power or ability to float; buoyancy
3. Also called: froth flotation
a process to concentrate the valuable ore in low-grade ores. The ore is ground to a powder, mixed with water containing surface-active chemicals, and vigorously aerated. The bubbles formed trap the required ore fragments and carry them to the surface froth, which is then skimmed off
flotation in American English
(floʊˈteɪʃən)
noun
1.
the act or condition of floating; specif., the act of beginning or financing a business, etc., as by selling an entire issue of bonds, securities, etc.
2.
the capacity to stay on the surface of soft material, as sand or snow
said of a tire on a motor vehicle
3. Mining
a method of ore separation in which finely powdered ore is introduced into a bubbling solution to which oils are added: certain minerals float on the surface, and others sink
Word origin
earlier floatation, respelled as if < Fr flottaison
Examples of 'flotation' in a sentence
flotation
Five are decently ahead, two pretty well around the flotation price.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The sale and accompanying flotation are expected to go through in October or November.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The company is tipped to consider a flotation next year.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The hallowed process of flotation does not accept this.
Thompson, Sir Peter Sharing the Success - the story of NFC (1990)
The biggest flotation of the year was a flop and somebody is going to be punished.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Will there be a change at the top of the company before a flotation?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This seems to have become the pattern in big share issues or flotations.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But they have favoured sales over flotations.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
That could make a flotation possible this calendar year.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He is already considering a flotation of his company in the next decade.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The move comes ahead of a rumoured flotation of the company.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
If it goes ahead, it will be one of the biggest flotations this year.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Within three years, he sees a flotation as possible.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
For the past three years, they have hovered around or lower than that flotation price.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He stepped down to become a non-executive chairman last year as the company considered flotation.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The company 's flotation was one of the most successful of last year.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Then he expects to run the business for profit, rather than a quick trade sale or flotation.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It would have been one of the biggest flotations in the City this year by a foreign business.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
A planned flotation has been postponed indefinitely as its problems mount.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A flotation or trade sale is the end goal.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
A planned flotation now looks a distant prospect and a 1 billion price tag hugely optimistic.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The company has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, flotations, and share offers.
Corporate Research Foundation TOP MARKETING AND MEDIA COMPANIES IN THE UK (2002)
In other languages
flotation
British English: flotation NOUN
The flotation of a company is the selling of shares in it to the public.
The founders have been turned into multimillionaires by the flotation of the business.
American English: flotation
Brazilian Portuguese: lançamento
Chinese: 股票发行
European Spanish: emisión
French: entrée en Bourse
German: Börsengang
Italian: lancio
Japanese: 株式新規発行
Korean: 회사채 발행
European Portuguese: lançamento
Latin American Spanish: emisión
All related terms of 'flotation'
flotation bags
bags inflated to keep a spacecraft or helicopter afloat and upright when it lands in the sea
flotation tank
an enclosed ventilated tank filled with a saline solution at body temperature, in which a person floats in darkness in order to relax or meditate
froth flotation
the launching or financing of a commercial enterprise by bond or share issues
flotation collar
an inflatable device worn around the neck to keep the wearer afloat when in danger of drowning
flotation compartment
in a boat , an enclosed section filled with air or gas to give buoyancy