I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
floating voter
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
rate
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For example, a borrower may negotiate a floating rate .
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Should the debt be at a fixed or a floating rate ?
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Under a totally free floating rate , total currency flow surpluses will be eliminated by an appreciation of the exchange rate.
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Remember the wild oscillations of the pound under floating rates ?
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If interest rates change adversely, finance houses could find themselves funding fixed rate loans with more expensive floating rate loans.
voter
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Had the floating voters , floated off?
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Mr. Ewing I am delighted to learn that you are a floating voter , Mr. Speaker.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be walking/floating on air
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Martha felt that she was walking on air and when she entered the kitchen, Annie looked up.
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She felt as though she was floating on air .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Employees are asking for three floating holidays each year.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A floating point accelerator, larger disk and memory expansion are options.
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It is unclear as to whether the making of an administration order crystallises a floating charge.
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The light moved like smoke, or heavy gas not in straight lines, but floating ribbons ....
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The plants are the phytoplankton, and the floating animals are the zooplankton.
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The surface was paved with massive stones and on these watery foundations Venice was built - a floating city!
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This is a project aimed at building a computer which can process one million floating point operations per second.
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When they are combined, these enhancements are expected to increase the SuperSparc-II's floating point to a integer ratio.
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Your Upside-Down Catfish may well settle down if you include some floating plants beneath which they can hide.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But with floating , it is argued, no such discipline exists.
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Discretionary adjustment via the exchange rate is not easy under managed floating .
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The present system of managed floating does contain the possibility of direct conflict if official intervention is carried out at cross-purposes.
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Therefore, managed floating does not have the advantage of making redundant the holding of official reserves.
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This reasoning suggests that capital flows are potentially more stabilizing under floating .