float
Example Sentences
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Paramount now has a thin public float of about 300 million shares, with the Ellisons and RedBird controlling about 800 million shares.
From Barron's
It could say the deal was made under duress and is thus void, as some sympathizers have floated.
Iran insists on its right to enrich uranium but is floating proposals such as reducing enrichment.
A séance with a floating guitar and a writing spirit hand.
From Literature
These quiet compositions are both minimal and surreal, as the edge of a roaring fire is rendered in a delicate line, or a multicolored shrimp floats in the middle of a vacant plane.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
