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float·er F0189500 (flō′tər)n.1. One that floats or is capable of floating.2. One who wanders; a drifter.3. An employee who is reassigned from job to job or shift to shift within an operation.4. One who votes illegally in different polling places.5. An insurance policy that protects movable property in transit or regularly subject to use in varying places.6. Slang A corpse found floating in a body of water.7. A deposit of material in the vitreous humor of the eye, usually consisting of aggregations of cells or proteins that have detached from the retina, perceived as a spot or thread in the visual field. 8. A knuckleball.floater (ˈfləʊtə) n1. a person or thing that floats2. (Physiology) any of a number of dark spots that appear in one's vision as a result of dead cells or fragments in the lens or vitreous humour of the eye3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a. a person of no fixed political opinionb. a person who votes illegally in more than one district at one electionc. a voter who can be bribed4. (Insurance) insurance Also called: floating policy US and Canadian a policy covering loss or theft of or damage to movable property, such as jewels or furs, regardless of its location5. informal US a person who often changes employment, residence, etc; drifter6. (Minerals) Austral a loose gold- or opal-bearing rock7. (Cookery) Austral (esp in Adelaide) a meat pie in a plate of pea soupfloat•er (ˈfloʊ tər) n. 1. a person or thing that floats. 2. a person who is continually changing his or her place of abode, employment, etc.; drifter. 3. an employee without a fixed job assignment. 4. a person who fraudulently votes, usu. for pay, in different places in the same election. 5. a territorial animal that has been forced into marginal habitats. 6. a speck or string that appears to be drifting across the eye just outside the line of vision. 7. an insurance policy that covers movable personal property. [1710–20] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | floater - spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens; "floaters seem to drift through the field of vision"musca volitans, muscae volitantes, spotssymptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease | | 2. | floater - a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills)certificate of indebtedness, debt instrument, obligation - a written promise to repay a debt | | 3. | floater - a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of supportdrifter, vagrant, vagabondbeachcomber - a vagrant living on a beachhave-not, poor person - a person with few or no possessionssundowner - a tramp who habitually arrives at sundownhobo, tramp, bum - a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"bird of passage, roamer, rover, wanderer - someone who leads a wandering unsettled life | | 4. | floater - an employee who is reassigned from job to job as neededemployee - a worker who is hired to perform a job | | 5. | floater - a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same electionelector, voter - a citizen who has a legal right to vote | | 6. | floater - a swimmer who floats in the waterbather, natator, swimmer - a person who travels through the water by swimming; "he is not a good swimmer" | | 7. | floater - an object that floats or is capable of floatingobject, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"berg, iceberg - a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier | | 8. | floater - an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its locationfloating policyinsurance policy, insurance, policy - written contract or certificate of insurance; "you should have read the small print on your policy" | Translationsfondatorelavoratore itinerantepersona che galleggiatitolo al portatorevagabondofloaterenUK
floater[′flōd·ər] (oceanography) drift bottle (petroleum engineering) A structure for offshore drilling that is secured to the sea floor only by anchors. floaterenUK
FloaterA bond whose interest rate varies with the interest rate of another debt instrument, e.g., a bond that has the interest rate of the Treasury bill +.25%.Fairway BondA bond with a coupon that is linked to some short-term benchmark interest rate. That is, a fairway bond carries a variable interest rate that changes according to a specified short-term interest rate. For example, a fairway bond may have a coupon of LIBOR + 0.5%. When investors believe interest rates will soon rise, they have an incentive to stay out of the bond market because their return would be locked at the lower interest rate. Fairway bonds reduce this incentive by allowing investors to take advantage of higher interest rates as they occur. A fairway bond is also called a floater. See also: Inverse floater.
Floating-Rate NoteA bond with a variable interest rate. These bonds typically have coupons renewable every three months and pay according to a set calculation. For example, a note may have an interest rate of "EURIBOR + 1%" and pay whatever the EURIBOR rate happens to be at the time plus 1%. Some FRNs have maximum and minimum interest rates, known as capped FRNs and floored FRNs, respectively. An FRN with both a maximum and a minimum interest rate is called a collared FRN. In the United States, government sponsored enterprises issue most FRNs while banks do the same in Europe. See also: Adjustable-rate mortgage.floater See floating-rate note.floaterenUK Related to floater: Floater InsuranceSynonyms for floaternoun spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lensSynonyms- musca volitans
- muscae volitantes
- spots
Related Wordsnoun a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (eRelated Words- certificate of indebtedness
- debt instrument
- obligation
noun a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of supportSynonymsRelated Words- beachcomber
- have-not
- poor person
- sundowner
- hobo
- tramp
- bum
- bird of passage
- roamer
- rover
- wanderer
noun an employee who is reassigned from job to job as neededRelated Wordsnoun a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same electionRelated Wordsnoun a swimmer who floats in the waterRelated Wordsnoun an object that floats or is capable of floatingRelated Words- object
- physical object
- berg
- iceberg
noun an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (eSynonymsRelated Words- insurance policy
- insurance
- policy
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