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(verb) allow (currencies) to fluctuate; "The government floated the ruble for a few months" |
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Related Words: value |
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(verb) set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond" |
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Related Words: refloat, tide, transport |
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(verb) be in motion due to some air current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake" |
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Synonyms: be adrift, blow, drift |
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Related Words: go, locomote, move, stream, tide, travel |
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(verb) be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink |
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Synonyms: swim |
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Related Words: buoy, go, locomote, move, travel |
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Antonyms: sink |
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(noun) something that remains on the surface of a liquid |
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Related Words: artefact, artifact, bob, bobber, bobfloat, chip, cork, pontoon, raft |
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(noun) the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public |
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Related Words: stock |
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(noun) the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment |
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Related Words: interval, time interval |
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(noun) a drink with ice cream floating in it |
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Synonyms: ice-cream float, ice-cream soda |
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Related Words: drink, root beer float |
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