Floater - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈfləʊtər|  American pronunciation of the word floater
Brit.  |ˈfləʊtə|  British pronunciation of the word floater

noun

- spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens
floaters seem to drift through the field of vision
- a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills)
- a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support (syn: drifter, vagabond, vagrant)
- an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed
- a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election
- a swimmer who floats in the water
- an object that floats or is capable of floating
- an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location

Word forms

noun
singular: floater
plural: floaters
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