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Noun: flotation  flow'teyshun
  1. The phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking)
    - floatation
     
  2. Financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares
    - floatation

Derived forms: flotations

See also: float

Type of: finance, physical phenomenon

Encyclopedia: Flotation

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