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Floater

noun

Spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens. Synonyms: musca volitans, muscae volitantes, spots.

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. Synonyms: 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. Synonym: floating policy.

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"Floater" Quotes from Famous Books

... in her brain. She leaned closer and exclaimed in a low voice: "And how do we know he doesn't get by with murder the way he does with everything else? There's many a man picked up along the coast as a 'floater' that nobody knows ...

— El Diablo • Brayton Norton

... floater began to bob fiercely up and down. There was a strong tug on her line, and the reel began to revolve at a high rate of speed, as Mr. Fish, evidently aware that in snapping what appeared to be a nice, fat ...

— Dorothy's Triumph • Evelyn Raymond

... pursued, with his mirthless croak of a laugh. Then he flashed up at her a quick look of resentment, a look which he found himself unable to repress. "While you're all dolled up," he said with a snort, as though bent on wounding her, "dolled up like a lobster palace floater!" ...

— Never-Fail Blake • Arthur Stringer