FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

n A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.

n A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades

n A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces.

n An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.

n (British) A small battery-powered vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.

n (finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.

n (context|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.

n (banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.

n (context|insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.

n (programming) A floating-point number.

n A soft beverage with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream floating in it.

n A small sum of money put in a cashier's till at the start of business to enable change to be made.

n (poker) A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluff#Verb|bluffing after a subsequent community card.

n (context|knitting) One of the loose ends of yarn on an unfinished work.

n (context|automotive) a car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination

n (context|transport) a lowboy trailer

v (intransitive) Of an object or substance, to be supported by a liquid of greater density than the object so as that part of the object or substance remains above the surface.

v (transitive) To cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density; as, to float a boat.

v (intransitive) To be capable of floating.

v (intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating

v (intransitive) To drift or wander aimlessly.

v (intransitive) To drift gently through the air.

v (intransitive) To move in a fluid manner.

v (intransitive) (colloquial) (of an idea or scheme) To be viable.

v (transitive) To propose (an idea) for consideration.

v (intransitive) To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.

v (intransitive|finance) (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets as opposed to by rule.

v (transitive|finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.

v (transitive) (colloquial) To extend a short-term loan to.

v (transitive|finance) To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange.

v (transitive) To use a float (tool).

v (poker) To perform a float |float.