| 单词 | float |
| 释义 | float float /; AmE / verb, noun
■ verb
1 (Stock Exchange ) [+ obj or no obj] to sell a company's shares on a stock exchange for the first time: The business was floated on the stock market in 1992. We plan to float by the end of June. The shares floated at $14.50. The shares were floated at $14.50. HMV is floating about 63% of its share capital.
2 (Economics ) [+ obj or no obj] if a government floats its currency or allows it to float, it removes controls on the price so that its value is decided by what people are willing to pay for it: Investors have praised the decision of the central bank to float the currency. The peso is now freely floating alongside the dollar. a floating currency/regime/system the floating of the Thai baht See note at CURRENCY
3 [+ obj] to suggest an idea or a plan for other people to consider: The idea of the merger was floated several months ago.
PHRASAL VERBS
float off/out sth (Stock Exchange ) (often be floated off/out) to form a new company from part of a business and sell its shares on a stock exchange: The joint venture may be floated off as a new company.
■ noun
1 (Stock Exchange ) [C,U] = FLOTATION: Plans for a stock-market float have been postponed.
2 (Economics ) [C, usually sing.] a situation where a government stops controlling the price of its currency and allows it to be bought and sold freely: The currency fell by 40% against the dollar on the first day of the float. ⇨ FREE-FLOATING
3 [C] (especially BrE) an amount of money consisting of coins and notes of low value that is given to sb before they start selling things so that they can give customers change
4 (Finance ) [C, usually sing.] the number of a company's shares that are owned by the public and are available to be bought and sold |
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