float

float (http://definr.com/float)

     n 1: the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank
          and its payment
     2: the number of shares outstanding and available for trading
        by the public
     3: a drink with ice cream floating in it [syn: ice-cream soda,
         ice-cream float]
     4: something that remains on the surface of a liquid
     v 1: be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves
          were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the
          lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the
          shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore" [syn: drift,
           be adrift, blow]
     2: be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink [syn: swim]
        [ant: sink]
     3: set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy
        floated his toy boat on the pond"
     4: circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with; "The
        Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"
     5: move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across
        the stage"
     6: put into the water; "float a ship"
     7: allow (currencies) to fluctuate; "The government floated the
        ruble for a few months"
     8: convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point
        notation; "float data"